Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae

Parent taxon: Alcidae according to S. L. Olson and P. C. Rasmussen 2001

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Alca, Alcinae, Cepphus, Fratercula, Fraterculinae, Mancallinae, Miocepphus, Nautilornithinae, Petralcinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)

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