Alca stewarti Martin et al. 2000 (auk)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae

Full reference: J. W. R. Martin, C. A. Walker, H. C. Bonser and G. J. Dyke. 2000. A new species of large auk from the Pliocene of Belgium. Oryctos 3:53-60

Belongs to Alca according to N. A. Smith and J. A. Clarke 2011

See also Dyke and Walker 2005, Martin et al. 2000 and Wijnker and Olson 2009

Sister taxa: Alca ausonia, Alca carolinensis, Alca grandis, Alca minor, Alca olsoni, Alca torda

Type specimen: BMNH A 7050, a limb element (left ulna). Its type locality is Kallo, Kattendijk Fm., which is in a Zanclean offshore shelf claystone in the Kattendijk Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kallo, Kattendijk Fm.

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