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
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
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
Anatinae "indet. large" Vigors 1825 duck
Aythya "sp. large" Boie 1822 pochard
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Melanitta sp. Boie 1822 scoter
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe
 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 - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 gull
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
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
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle