Crouch's Cove: Holocene, Maine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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
- Mustelidae
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Lutra canadensis
(Schreber 1776)
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| recombined as Lontra canadensis | ||||||||||
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Mustela americana
(Kerr 1792)
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| recombined as Martes americana | ||||||||||
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Putorius vison
Schreber 1777
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| recombined as Neogale vison | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus americanus
Pallas 1780
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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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Rangifer caribou
(Gmelin 1788)
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Alces americanus
Jardine 1837
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Alca impennis
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Pinguinus impennis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Ardea herodias
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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Actinopteri
- Lophiiformes
- Lophiidae
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Lophius americanus
Valenciennes 1837
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Actinopteri
- Gadiformes
- Gadidae
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Morrhua americana
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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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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten tenuicostatus
Hupé 1854
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| recombined as Chlamys tenuicostatus | ||||||||||
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Pecten islandicus
(Müller 1776)
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| original and current combination Ostrea islandicus | ||||||||||
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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
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus mercenaria
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mercenaria mercenaria | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra sp.
Linnaeus 1767
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinum undatum
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maine | County: | Harpswell |
| Coordinates: | 43.8° North, 70.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.8° North, 70.0° 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: | 176524 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-16 11:32:02 | Last modified: | 2016-02-16 11:32:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-16 11:32:02 |
| 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] |