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Fratercula arctica (Atlantic puffin)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Taxonomy
Alca arctica was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Fratercula arctica by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Alca arctica Linnaeus
2001Fratercula arctica Olson and Rasmussen p. 281
2014Fratercula arctica del Hoyo et al.
2017Fratercula arctica Clements et al.

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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
genusFraterculaBrisson 1760
speciesarctica()

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.

Fratercula arctica Linnaeus 1758 [Atlantic puffin]
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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, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Fratercula arctica (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Fratercula arctica (227340)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Fratercula arctica (216961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Fratercula arctica (122311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Fratercula arctica (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Gibraltar Fratercula arctica (90037)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Fratercula arctica (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland (Carey Oer) Fratercula arctica (177153)