Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Alca according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hamon 1959, Linnaeus 1758, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Smith 2011, Smith and Clarke 2011 and Wijnker and Olson 2009
Sister taxa: Alca ausonia, Alca carolinensis, Alca grandis, Alca minor, Alca olsoni, Alca stewarti
Type specimen: 1
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Finland (1 collection), Italy (1), Norway (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (2: Florida, Maine)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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