Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1982. Fossil birds from Tertiary marine beds at Oceanside, San Diego County, California, with discriptions of two species of the genera Uria and Cepphus (Aves: Alcidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 341:1-15
Belongs to Cepphus according to H. Howard 1982
Sister taxa: Cepphus carbo, Cepphus columba, Cepphus grylle, Cepphus storeri
Type specimen: LACM 107032, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Lawrence Canyon 5, which is in a Tortonian estuary/bay sandstone in the San Mateo Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lawrence Canyon 5
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