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 | |
Anserinae "indet. small", Anserinae "indet. medium", "Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens, "Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata, Anatinae "indet. large", Aythya "sp. large", Anas sp., Melanitta sp.
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 | |
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe | |
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant | |
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican | |
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron | |
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew | |
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre | |
Larus "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 gull | |
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover | |
Buteo lineatus Gmelin 1788 red-shouldered hawk
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle |