Cahokia (Holocene of the United States)

Where: St. Clair County, Illinois (38.7° N, 90.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 90.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic, midden

Primary reference: P. W. Parmalee. 1958. Remains of rare and extinct birds from Illinois Indian sites. The Auk 75:169-176 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 195052: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin 1789 American white pelican
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Olor buccinator" = Cygnus buccinator, "Olor columbianus" = Cygnus columbianus
"Olor buccinator" = Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1832 trumpeter swan
"Olor columbianus" = Cygnus columbianus Ord 1815 tundra swan
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius Linnaeus 1758 passenger pigeon
 Psittaciformes - Psittacidae
Conuropsis carolinensis Linnaeus 1758 Carolina parakeet
 Piciformes - Picidae
Campephilus principalis Linnaeus 1758 ivory-billed woodpecker
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Elanoides forficatus Linnaeus 1758 swallow-tailed kite
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Tympanuchus cupido Linnaeus 1758 greater prairie chicken