Miomancalla wetmorei Howard 1976

Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae

Alternative combination: Praemancalla wetmorei

Full reference: H. Howard. 1976. A new species of flightless auk from the Miocene of California (Alcidae: Mancallinae). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:141-146

Belongs to Miomancalla according to N. A. Smith 2011

See also Howard 1978 and Howard 1982

Sister taxon: Miomancalla howardi

Type specimen: LACM 42653, a limb element (humerus). Its type locality is Laguna Niguel, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone/shale in the Monterey Formation of California.

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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