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Fratercula cirrhata (tufted puffin)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Taxonomy
Alca cirrhata was named by Pallas (1769). It is extant.

It was recombined as Fratercula cirrhata by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1769Alca cirrhata Pallas
2001Fratercula cirrhata Olson and Rasmussen p. 281
2014Fratercula cirrhata del Hoyo et al.
2017Fratercula cirrhata Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
superfamilyAlcoidae(Stejneger 1885)
familyAlcidaeLeach 1820
genusFraterculaBrisson 1760
speciescirrhata(Pallas 1769)

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.

Fratercula cirrhata Pallas 1769 [tufted puffin]
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Fratercula cirrhata (52582)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Fratercula cirrhata (176098)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Fratercula cirrhata (120829 123918 125234 125236)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Washington) Fratercula cirrhata (215546)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Fratercula cirrhata (177178 177179)