Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Parent taxon: Alcidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Howard 1978, Howard 1982, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson 1985 and Smith 2011
Sister taxa: Aethiinae, Alca, Alcinae, Fratercula, Fraterculinae, Mancallinae, Miocepphus, Nautilornithinae, Petralcinae
Subtaxa: Cepphus carbo Cepphus columba Cepphus grylle Cepphus olsoni Cepphus storeri
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (6: Manitoba, Newfoundland, Nunavut collections), Finland (3), Greenland (3), Japan (3), Norway (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Alaska, California)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 29 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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