Cahokia (Holocene of the United States)
Where: St. Clair County, Illinois (38.7° N, 90.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic, midden
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 195052: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2018
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Elanoides forficatus Linnaeus 1758 swallow-tailed kite | |
Numenius americanus Bechstein 1812 long-billed curlew | |
"Olor buccinator" = Cygnus buccinator, "Olor columbianus" = Cygnus columbianus
"Olor buccinator" = Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1832 trumpeter swan
"Olor columbianus" = Cygnus columbianus Ord 1815 tundra swan | |
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis
"Grus canadensis" = Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Sandhill crane | |
Campephilus principalis Linnaeus 1758 ivory-billed woodpecker | |
Conuropsis carolinensis Linnaeus 1758 Carolina parakeet | |
Ectopistes migratorius Linnaeus 1758 passenger pigeon | |
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin 1789 American white pelican | |
Reptilia | |
Tympanuchus cupido Linnaeus 1758 greater prairie chicken |