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Cerorhinca

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Cerorhinca Bonaparte
1930Cerorhinca Hay p. 343
1933Cerorhinca Lambrecht p. 566
1940Cerorhinca Wetmore p. 64
1956Cerorhinca Wetmore p. 80
1968Cerorhinca Howard p. 16
1985Cerorhinca Olson p. 183
1988Cerorhinca Carroll
1990Cerorhinca Chandler p. 144
2007Cerorhinca Smith et al. p. 1040
2011Cerorhinca Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2014Cerorhinca del Hoyo et al.
2017Cerorhinca 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
subfamilyAlcinaeLeach 1820
genusCerorhincaBonaparte 1828

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. Cerorhinca Bonaparte 1828
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†Cerorhinca dubia Miller 1925
†Cerorhinca minor Howard 1971
Cerorhinca monocerata Pallas 1811 [rhinoceros auklet]
†Cerorhinca reai Chandler 1990
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62USA (California) C. sp. (121152)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) C. dubia (45489)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California) C. minor (45458)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) C. minor (121126)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) C. reai (177987 178007 178021)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) C. sp., C. reai (19703)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) C. monocerata (176098)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) C. sp. (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. monocerata (123918 215552)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) C. monocerata (177178 177179)