Cotuit Port: Holocene, Massachusetts
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes fulvus
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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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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Putorius vison
Schreber 1777
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| recombined as Neogale vison | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitica
(Shaw 1792)
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| synonym of Mephitis mephitis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus americanus
Pallas 1780
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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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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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
| turtle | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Meleagris gallopavo
Linnaeus 1758
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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| shark | ||||||||||
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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
- Ficidae
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Pyrula canaliculata
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| synonym of Ficus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Pyrula carica
(Gmelin 1792)
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| recombined as Busycon carica | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Massachusetts | County: | Barnstable |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 70.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 70.3° West |
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: | 176525 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-16 11:42:09 | Last modified: | 2016-02-16 11:42:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-16 11:42:09 |
| 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] |