Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Full reference: J. W. R. Martin, C. A. Walker, H. C. Bonser and G. J. Dyke. 2000. A new species of large auk from the Pliocene of Belgium. Oryctos 3:53-60
Belongs to Alca according to N. A. Smith and J. A. Clarke 2011
See also Dyke and Walker 2005, Martin et al. 2000 and Wijnker and Olson 2009
Sister taxa: Alca ausonia, Alca carolinensis, Alca grandis, Alca minor, Alca olsoni, Alca torda
Type specimen: BMNH A 7050, a limb element (left ulna). Its type locality is First Channel Dock, Kallo, which is in a Zanclean offshore shelf claystone in the Kattendijk Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at First Channel Dock, Kallo
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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