Emeryville shellmound (Nelson stratum 11) (Holocene of the United States)

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 stratum 10 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 194924: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Bubo virginianus Gmelin 1788 great horned owl
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anserinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 goose
Anserinae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 goose
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
1 ssp. cf. parvipes, 4 ssp. cf. moffitti
Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk