Where: Randolph County, Illinois (38.1° N, 90.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 90.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• "prior to at least 1500 years BC"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
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 195053: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel | |
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican | |
Ectopistes migratorius Linnaeus 1758 passenger pigeon | |
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane | |
"Ictinia misisippiensis" = Ictinia mississippiensis
"Ictinia misisippiensis" = Ictinia mississippiensis Wilson 1811 Mississippi kite |