Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alternative combinations: Alca antiqua, Catarractes antiquus
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1870. Notice of some fossil birds, from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the United States. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 2 49(145):205-217
Belongs to Uria according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Dyke and Walker 2005, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Olson 2007, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Uria aalge, Uria affinis, Uria brodkorbi, Uria lomvia, Uria onoi, Uria paleohesperis, Uria troile
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tarborough, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in North Carolina
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection), the Netherlands (1), United States (2: North Carolina)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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