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Uria

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Uria Brisson
1902Uria Hay p. 524
1930Uria Hay p. 343
1933Uria Lambrecht p. 563
1940Uria Wetmore p. 63
1956Uria Wetmore p. 79
1978Uria Howard p. 20
1982Uria Howard p. 3
1985Uria Olson p. 183
1992Uria Guthrie p. 323
2002Uria Mlikovsky p. 139
2011Uria Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2014Uria del Hoyo et al.
2016Uria Watanabe et al. p. 64
2017Uria Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
superfamilyAlcoidae(Stejneger 1885)
familyAlcidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyAlcinaeLeach 1820
genusUriaBrisson 1760

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. Uria Brisson 1760
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Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 [Common murre]
†Uria affinis Marsh 1872
†Uria antiqua Marsh 1870
†Uria brodkorbi Howard 1981
Uria lomvia Linnaeus 1758 [Thick-billed murre]
†Uria onoi Watanabe et al. 2016
†Uria paleohesperis Howard 1982
†Uria troile Lydekker 1891
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) U. brodkorbi (45489) U. sp. (13300) U. sp., U. paleohesperis (50069)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.63 - 2.58USA (California) U. brodkorbi (188305)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Alca antiqua (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Catarractes antiquus (88839)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Beveren) Alca antiqua (125090)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Alca antiqua (59003)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (Alaska) U. lomvia (194945)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) U. aalge (77747)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) U. aalge (84854)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Catarractes affinis (176640)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) U. aalge (125440)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) U. aalge (176095 176096 176101)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) U. sp. (28221)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) U. onoi (101897)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) U. aalge (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Gibraltar U. aalge (122805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom U. aalge (216960)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy U. aalge (122311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway U. aalge, U. lomvia (73689) U. sp. (162578)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) U. aalge, U. lomvia, U. onoi (101898 210642) U. lomvia, U. onoi (195045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland U. uria (227031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) U. sp., U. aalge, U. lomvia (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) U. aalge (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) U. aalge (59063 93483 120827 120828 120829 120830 125236 176102 190889 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain U. aalge (122309)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) U. lomvia (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) U. aalge (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) U. lomvia (228896 229484 229489)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) U. aalge (194880) U. sp. (194905 194908 194909 194911 194912 194913 194914 194924 194926 194927 194928) U. sp., U. aalge (194906 194907 194910 194923 194925)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) U. lomvia (177179) U. sp., U. aalge (177178)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) U. aalge (122303)