Uria lomvia Linnaeus 1758 (Thick-billed murre)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae

Alternative combination: Alca lomvia

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Uria according to J. Watanabe et al. 2020

See also Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Linnaeus 1758, Olson 2013, Smith 2011 and Watanabe et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Uria aalge, Uria affinis, Uria antiqua, Uria brodkorbi, Uria onoi, Uria paleohesperis, Uria troile

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (4: Nunavut, Quebec collections), Japan (3), Norway (2), United States (1: Alaska)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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