Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Synonym: Pliolunda Miller 1937
Full reference: F. A. Lucas. 1901. A flightless auk, Mancalla californiensis, from the Miocene of California. Proceedings of the US National Museum 24(1245):133-134
Parent taxon: Alcinae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Carroll 1988, Chandler 1990, Howard 1982, Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1946, Miller and Howard 1949, Olson 1981, Olson 1985, Smith 2011, Watanabe et al. 2020, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Alcini, Alle, Brachyramphus, Cerorhinca, Pinguinus, Pseudocepphus, Synthliboramphus, Uria
Subtaxa: Mancalla californiensis Mancalla cedrosensis Mancalla lucasi Mancalla vegrandis
Type: Mancalla californiensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (3 collections), United States (1: California)
• Blancan of United States (11: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (2), United States (6: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (2)
Total: 27 collections including 32 occurrences
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