Buldir Island Midden, Pit 2: Holocene, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Larus hyperboreus
Gunnerus 1767
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Cerorhinca monocerata
(Pallas 1811)
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Uria lomvia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Brachyramphus sp.
Brandt 1837
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Synthliboramphus antiquus
(Gmelin 1789)
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Ptychoramphus aleuticus
(Pallas 1811)
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Cyclorrhynchus psittacula
(Pallas 1769)
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| recombined as Aethia psittacula | |||||||
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Aethia cristatella
(Pallas 1769)
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Aethia pusilla
(Pallas 1811)
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Aethia pygmaea
(Gmelin 1789)
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Fratercula sp.
Brisson 1760
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Fratercula cirrhata
(Pallas 1769)
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Fratercula corniculata
(Naumann 1821)
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax sp.
Brisson 1760
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Reptilia
- Hydrobatidae
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Oceanodroma leucorhoa
(Vieillot 1818)
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| recombined as Hydrobates leucorhous | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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Diomedea albatrus
Pallas 1769
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| recombined as Phoebastria albatrus | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Branta canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Passerellidae
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Melospiza melodia
(Wilson 1810)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 52.4° North, 175.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.4° North, 175.9° East | ||
| 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: | unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | KIS-008 | ||
| Database number: | 177179 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-22 14:48:10 | Last modified: | 2016-03-22 14:48:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-22 14:48:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58558. | C. Lefevre, D. G. Corbett, D. West and D. Siegel-Causey. 1997. A zooarchaeological study at Buldir Island, Western Aleutians, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 34(2):118-131 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |