Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alternative combination: Uria ausonia
Full reference: A. Portis. 1887. Contirbuzioni alla Ornitolitologia Italiana. Memorie della Reale Accademie della Scienze di Torino ser. 2(36):181-203
Belongs to Alca according to N. A. Smith and J. A. Clarke 2011
See also Dyke and Walker 2005, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002 and Olson and Rasmussen 2001
Sister taxa: Alca carolinensis, Alca grandis, Alca minor, Alca olsoni, Alca stewarti, Alca torda
Type specimen: Its type locality is Orciano Pisano, which is in a Piacenzian open shallow subtidal mudstone in Italy
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection), Italy (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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