Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1981. A new species of murre, genus Uria, from the Late Miocene of California (Aves: Alcidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 80(1):1-12
Belongs to Uria according to J. Watanabe et al. 2016
See also Howard 1981 and Olson 1985
Sister taxa: Uria aalge, Uria affinis, Uria antiqua, Uria lomvia, Uria onoi, Uria paleohesperis, Uria troile
Type specimen: PB7960, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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