Emeryville shellmound (Schenck trench level 1) (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 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
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 gull
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799 hawk
Includes 1 Buteo jamaicensis/lagopus
Buteo lineatus Gmelin 1788 red-shouldered hawk
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
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
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant
Includes 1 P. penicillatus/auritus
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican