†Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000 (puffin)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Full reference: D. A. Guthrie, H. W. Thomas, and G. L. Kennedy. 2000. An extinct Late Pleistocene Puffin from the Southern California Channel Islands. (Aves: Alcidae). Proceedings of a Fifth California Islands Symposium 525-530
Belongs to Fratercula according to D. A. Guthrie et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Fratercula arctica, Fratercula cirrhata, Fratercula corniculata
Type specimen: LACM 127813, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is LACM 5541, which is in a Pleistocene eolian horizon in California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (17: California collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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