Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alternative combination: Brachyramphus pliocenus
Belongs to Brachyramphus according to S. L. Olson 1985
See also Howard 1949, Miller 1956, Miller and Bowman 1958 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Brachyramphus brevirostris, Brachyramphus dunkeli, Brachyramphus marmoratus, Brachyramphus perdix
Type specimen: LACM 2119/1080, a limb element (left humerus). Its type locality is Five Points Freeway, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone in the San Diego Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (6: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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