Mount Desert Island: Holocene, Maine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Gadiformes
- Gadidae
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Morrhua americana
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Alca impennis
Linnaeus 1758
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Violani 1974 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pinguinus impennis | ||||||||||
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Alca torda
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anatidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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| ducks, 3 species | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Arctomys monax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Marmota monax | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phoca vitulina
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Canis occidentalis
Richardson 1829
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| synonym of Canis lupus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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| recombined as Odocoileus virginianus | ||||||||||
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Cervus canadensis
Erxleben 1777
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Alces americanus
Jardine 1837
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinum undatum
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya arenaria
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maine | County: | Hancock |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 68.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 68.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122450 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-12-28 05:26:33 | Last modified: | 2016-02-16 13:40:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-28 05:26:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58111. | J. Wyman. 1868. An Account of Some Kjoekkenmoeddings, or Shell-Heaps, in Maine and Massachusetts. American Naturalist 1(aa):561-584 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 39101 | J. C. Greenway. 1967. Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World, second revised edition 1-520 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 39012 | C. Violani. 1974. Ecologia di un'estinzione Alca impenne. Bolleteno de Museo Civico di Storia naturale de Venezia 25:49-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |