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Cepphus

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cepphus Moehring
1978Cepphus Howard p. 21
1982Cepphus Howard p. 3
1985Cepphus Olson p. 183
1988Cepphus Carroll
1992Cepphus Guthrie p. 323
2002Cepphus Mlikovsky p. 140
2011Cepphus Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2014Cepphus del Hoyo et al.
2017Cepphus 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—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
genusCepphusMoehring 1758

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. Cepphus Moehring 1758
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Cepphus carbo Pallas 1811 [spectacled guillemot]
Cepphus columba Pallas 1811 [pigeon guillemot]
Cepphus grylle Linnaeus 1758 [black guillemot]
†Cepphus olsoni Howard 1982
†Cepphus storeri Harrison 1977
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, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) C. sp. (13300) C. sp., C. olsoni (50069)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) C. sp. (50068)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) C. storeri (214543)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) C. columba (101897)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) C. columba (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. columba (123918 125236 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway C. grylle (73689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) C. grylle (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) C. grylle (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) C. carbo (210642) C. columba, C. carbo (101898)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland C. grylle (177177 209148 209155)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland) C. grylle (228844)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) C. grylle (229538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) C. columba (177178)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) C. columba (194880 194905)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) C. grylle (160848 228898 229484 229489)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland C. grylle (229885 229940 230120)