Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1940. Fossil Bird Remains from Tertiary Deposits in the United States. Journal of Morphology 66(1):25-37
Parent taxon: Alcidae according to A. K. Hastings and A. C. Dooley 2017
See also Carroll 1988, Olson 1985, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wijnker and Olson 2009
Sister taxa: Aethiinae, Alca, Alcinae, Cepphus, Fratercula, Fraterculinae, Mancallinae, Nautilornithinae, Petralcinae
Subtaxa: Miocepphus blowi Miocepphus bohaskai Miocepphus mcclungi Miocepphus mergulellus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of United States (16: Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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