Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Parent taxon: Alcinae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Howard 1978, Howard 1982, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson 1985, Smith 2011, Watanabe et al. 2016, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Alcini, Alle, Brachyramphus, Cerorhinca, Mancalla, Pinguinus, Pseudocepphus, Synthliboramphus
Subtaxa: Uria aalge Uria affinis Uria antiqua Uria brodkorbi Uria lomvia Uria onoi Uria paleohesperis Uria troile
Type: Uria troile
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Nunavut, Quebec collections), Gibraltar (1), Greenland (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), Norway (3), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (38: Alaska, California, Florida, Maine, Virginia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (2: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 67 collections including 82 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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