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Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Cassin's auklet)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Taxonomy
Uria aleutica was named by Pallas (1811). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ptychoramphus aleuticum by Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Ptychoramphus aleuticus by Guthrie (1992), Smith (2014), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Ptychoramphus aleuticum Wetmore p. 80
1958Ptychoramphus tenuis Miller and Bowman p. 14
1985Ptychoramphus tenuis Olson p. 183
1990Ptychoramphus tenuis Chandler p. 143
1992Ptychoramphus aleuticus Guthrie p. 324
2014Ptychoramphus aleuticus Smith p. 222
2014Ptychoramphus aleuticus del Hoyo et al.
2017Ptychoramphus aleuticus 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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyFraterculinae
—Aethiini
genusPtychoramphusBrandt 1837
speciesaleuticus(Pallas 1811)

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.

Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 [Cassin's auklet]
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Invalid names: Ptychoramphus tenuis Miller and Bowman 1958 [synonym]
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, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

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

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Ptychoramphus tenuis (177990 177992 178007)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Ptychoramphus tenuis (19703)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Ptychoramphus aleuticus (176093 176094 176095 176096 176098)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Ptychoramphus aleuticus (20639)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Ptychoramphus aleuticus (176091)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Ptychoramphus aleuticus (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ptychoramphus aleuticus (120827 120828 120829 120830 123918 125234 125235 125236 125237 176102 215552)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Ptychoramphus aleuticus (194880)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Ptychoramphus aleuticus (177178 177179)