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 7 in Uhle excavation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic, midden
Collected by W.E. Schenck in 1924
• 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 194925: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover | |
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre | |
Larus "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 gull | |
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit | |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Buteo lineatus Gmelin 1788 red-shouldered hawk
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk | |
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane | |
Anatinae "indet. large", Melanitta sp., Aythya "sp. large", Anas sp., Anserinae "indet. small", Anserinae "indet. medium", "Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens, "Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata
Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck
Melanitta sp. Boie 1822 scoter
Aythya "sp. large" Boie 1822 pochard
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anserinae "indet. small" Vigors 1825 goose
Anserinae "indet. medium" Vigors 1825 goose
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
"Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler | |
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant | |
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron | |
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican |