Emeryville shellmound (Nelson stratum 5): Holocene, California
collected by Nels Nelson 1906
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Scolopacidae
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Limosa fedoa
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Anatidae
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Anatinae informal indet. large
Vigors 1825
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Melanitta sp.
Boie 1822
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anserinae informal indet. medium
Vigors 1825
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Alameda |
| Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 122.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 122.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | ||
| Age estimate: | 1110 ± 50 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Equivalent to stratum 3 in Uhle excavation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic,midden |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Nels Nelson | Collection dates: | 1906 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology (PAHMA) at the University of California, Berkeley | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 194918 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-06 23:38:18 | Last modified: | 2018-07-06 23:38:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-06 23:38:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66272. | J. M. Broughton. 2004. Prehistoric human impacts on California birds: evidence from the Emeryville shellmoumd avifauna. Ornithological Monographs 56:1-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |