Gavia Forster 1788 (loon)

Aves - Gaviiformes - Gaviidae

Parent taxon: Gaviidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Brodkorb 1955, Carroll 1988, Chandler 1990, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Hay 1930, Howard 1972, Howard 1978, Howard 1982, Lambrecht 1933, Miller and Bowman 1958, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Parmalee 1992, Storer 1956, Varricchio 2002, Watanabe et al. 2020, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1943 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Colymbiculus, Colymboides, Colymboidinae, Gaviellinae, Gaviinae

Subtaxa: Gavia adamsii Gavia arctica Gavia brodkorbi Gavia concinna Gavia egeriana Gavia fortis Gavia howardae Gavia immer Gavia moldavica Gavia pacifica Gavia paradoxa Gavia pusilla Gavia schultzi Gavia stellata

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Type: Colymbus immer

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon collections), Finland (12), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Taiwan (1), Ukraine (1), United States (41: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Maryland, Virginia)

• Blancan of United States (6: California)

• Pliocene of United States (6: California, North Carolina)

• Miocene of Ukraine (1), United States (8: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 91 collections including 120 occurrences

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