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Cepphus grylle (black guillemot)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Taxonomy
Alca grylle was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cepphus grylle by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Alca grylle Linnaeus p. 130
2014Cepphus grylle del Hoyo et al.
2017Cepphus grylle Clements et al.

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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
genusCepphusMoehring 1758
speciesgrylle()

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.

Cepphus grylle Linnaeus 1758 [black guillemot]
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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, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Cepphus grylle (73689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Cepphus grylle (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Cepphus grylle (125317)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Cepphus grylle (160848 228898 229484 229489)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) Cepphus grylle (229538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Cepphus grylle (177177 209148 209155)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland) Cepphus grylle (228844)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Cepphus grylle (229885 229940 230120)