†Alca carolinensis Smith and Clarke 2011 (auk)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Full reference: N. A. Smith and J. A. Clarke. 2011. An alphataxonomic revision of extinct and extant razorbills (Aves, Alcidae): A combined morphometric and phylogenetic approach. Ornithological Monographs 72(1):1-61
Belongs to Alca according to N. A. Smith and J. A. Clarke 2011
Sister taxa: Alca ausonia, Alca grandis, Alca minor, Alca olsoni, Alca stewarti, Alca torda
Type specimen: NCSM 13734, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation, which is in a Zanclean estuary/bay sandstone in the Yorktown Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation
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