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Uria lomvia (Thick-billed murre)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Alca lomvia Linnaeus
2011Uria lomvia Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2013Uria lomvia Olson p. 1366 fig. 1
2014Uria lomvia del Hoyo et al.
2016Uria lomvia Watanabe et al. p. 65 figs. Table 1
2017Uria lomvia Clements et al.
2020Uria lomvia Watanabe et al. p. 705 fig. 17C,D,L,M,P,Q,A'

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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
genusUriaBrisson 1760
specieslomvia()

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.

Uria lomvia Linnaeus 1758 [Thick-billed murre]
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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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (Alaska) Uria lomvia (194945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Uria lomvia (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Uria lomvia (101898 195045 210642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Uria lomvia (73689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Uria lomvia (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Uria lomvia (177179)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Uria lomvia (228896 229484 229489)