Where: Alameda County, California (37.8° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 122.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Equivalent to strata 1-3 in Uhle excavation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic, midden
Collected by Nels Nelson in 1906
• Repository: Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology (PAHMA) at the University of California, Berkeley
Primary reference: J. M. Broughton. 2004. Prehistoric human impacts on California birds: evidence from the Emeryville shellmoumd avifauna. Ornithological Monographs 56:1-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 194917: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anserinae "indet. small", Anserinae "indet. medium", Anatinae "indet. small", Anatinae "indet. large", Aythya sp., Melanitta sp., Mergus sp., Anas "teal sp.", Anas sp., "Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata
Anserinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 goose
Anserinae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 goose
Anatinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 duck
Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck
Aythya sp. Boie 1822 pochard
Melanitta sp. Boie 1822 scoter
Mergus sp. Linnaeus 1758 merganser
Anas "teal sp." Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
"Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler | |
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Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant | |
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Callipepla californica Shaw 1798 California quail | |
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Recurvirostra americana Gmelin 1789 American avocet | |
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Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit | |
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