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Brachyramphus
Taxonomy
Brachyramphus was named by Brandt (1837). It is extant.
It was assigned to Alcidae by Miller and Bowman (1958), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988) and Chandler (1990); and to Alcinae by Wetmore (1956), Smith (2011) and del Hoyo et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Alcidae by Miller and Bowman (1958), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988) and Chandler (1990); and to Alcinae by Wetmore (1956), Smith (2011) and del Hoyo et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1837 | Brachyramphus Brandt |
| 1956 | Brachyramphus Wetmore p. 79 |
| 1958 | Brachyramphus Miller and Bowman p. 13 |
| 1985 | Brachyramphus Olson p. 183 |
| 1988 | Brachyramphus Carroll |
| 1990 | Brachyramphus Chandler p. 137 |
| 2011 | Brachyramphus Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14 |
| 2014 | Brachyramphus del Hoyo et al. |
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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. Brachyramphus Brandt 1837
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Brachyramphus brevirostris Vigors 1829 [Kittlitz's murrelet]
†Brachyramphus dunkeli Chandler 1990
Brachyramphus marmoratus Gmelin 1789 [Marbled murrelet]
Brachyramphus perdix Pallas 1811 [Long-billed murrelet]
†Brachyramphus pliocenum Howard 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blancan | USA (California) | B. dunkeli (178020) B. pliocenum (177992 177997 178008 178011 178019) B. pliocenum, B. dunkeli (178007) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | B. dunkeli, B. pliocenus (19703) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | USA (California) | B. pliocenus (120823) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | B. marmoratus (123918 215552) | |
| Holocene | USA (Alaska) | B. sp. (177179) |