Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Full reference: J. Watanabe, H. Matsuoka, and Y. Hasegawa. 2016. Two species of Uria (Aves: Alcidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, northeast Japan, with description and body mass estimation of a new species. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 20:59-72
Belongs to Uria according to J. Watanabe et al. 2020
See also Watanabe et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Uria aalge, Uria affinis, Uria antiqua, Uria brodkorbi, Uria lomvia, Uria paleohesperis, Uria troile
Type specimen: NSMT-PV 23722, a limb element (humerus). Its type locality is Shiriya, Locality 2, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill horizon in Japan.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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