Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Parent taxon: Alcidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Dyke and Walker 2005, Guthrie 1992, Olson 1985, Olson and Rasmussen 2001 and Smith 2011
Sister taxa: Aethiinae, Alca, Alcinae, Cepphus, Fraterculinae, Mancallinae, Miocepphus, Nautilornithinae, Petralcinae
Subtaxa: Fratercula arctica Fratercula cirrhata Fratercula corniculata Fratercula dowi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Gibraltar (1 collection), Greenland (1), Italy (1), North Pacific (1), Norway (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (23: Alaska, California, Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 33 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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