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Uria aalge (Common murre)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1763Colymbus aalge Pontoppidan
1940Uria aalge Wetmore p. 63
1942Uria aalge Miller and DeMay p. 113
1956Uria aalge Wetmore p. 79
1992Uria aalge Guthrie p. 323
2002Uria aalge Mlikovsky p. 139
2004Uria aalge Broughton p. 28
2011Uria aalge Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2014Uria aalge del Hoyo et al.
2016Uria aalge Watanabe et al. p. 60 figs. Table 1
2017Uria aalge Clements et al.
2020Uria aalge Watanabe et al. p. 706 fig. 17E,N,R

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
superfamilyAlcoidae(Stejneger 1885)
familyAlcidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyAlcinaeLeach 1820
genusUriaBrisson 1760
speciesaalge(Pontoppidan 1763)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 [Common murre]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Uria aalge (77747)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Uria aalge (176095 176096 176101)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Uria aalge (125440)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Uria aalge (84854)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Uria aalge (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Uria aalge (122309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Uria aalge (73689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Uria aalge (59063 93483 120827 120828 120829 120830 125236 176102 190889 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Uria aalge (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Uria aalge (101898 210642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Uria aalge (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Gibraltar Uria aalge (122805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Uria aalge (122311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Uria aalge (216960)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Uria aalge (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Uria aalge (177178)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Uria aalge (122303)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Uria aalge (194880 194906 194907 194910 194923 194925)