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Alle

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Taxonomy
Alle was named by Link (1806). It is extant.

It was assigned to Alcidae by Carroll (1988), Clements et al. (2017); and to Alcinae by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Watanabe et al. (2020).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Alle Link
1988Alle Carroll
2001Alle Olson and Rasmussen p. 279
2014Alle del Hoyo et al.
2017Alle Clements et al.
2020Alle Watanabe et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
superfamilyAlcoidae(Stejneger 1885)
familyAlcidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyAlcinaeLeach 1820
genusAlleLink 1806

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Alle Link 1806
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Alle alle Linnaeus 1758 [dovekie]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland A. alle (75197)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Chiba) A. alle (56359)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) A. alle (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland (Malopolskie) A. alle (125318)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Haute-Pyrenees) A. alle (125313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) A. alle (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Nunavut) A. alle (73697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ireland (Sligo) A. alle (125316)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France A. alle (125272)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Santander) A. alle (125320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway A. alle (227340) Plautus alle (162578)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom A. alle (124961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) A. alle (125315)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Lot) A. alle (125314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Gibraltar A. alle (90037)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Jura) A. alle (125273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) A. alle (125322)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) A. alle (125319)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland A. alle (177152 230120)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) A. alle (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Plautus alle (229484)