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Fratercula (puffin)
Taxonomy
Fratercula was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant.
It was assigned to Fraterculinae by Olson and Rasmussen (2001); to Fraterculini by Smith (2011); to Aethiinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Alcidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Dyke and Walker (2005) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Fraterculinae by Olson and Rasmussen (2001); to Fraterculini by Smith (2011); to Aethiinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Alcidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Dyke and Walker (2005) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1760 | Fratercula Brisson |
1985 | Fratercula Olson p. 185 |
1988 | Fratercula Carroll |
1992 | Fratercula Guthrie p. 324 |
2001 | Fratercula Olson and Rasmussen p. 280 |
2005 | Fratercula Dyke and Walker p. 238 |
2011 | Fratercula Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14 |
2014 | Fratercula del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Fratercula Clements 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. Fratercula Brisson 1760 [puffin]
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Fratercula arctica Linnaeus 1758 [Atlantic puffin]
Fratercula cirrhata Pallas 1769 [tufted puffin]
Fratercula corniculata Naumann 1821 [horned puffin]
†Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (33 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Fratercula arctica, Fratercula cirrhata (52582) | |
Zanclean | Belgium (Beveren) | Fratercula sp. (57912) | |
Pleistocene | USA (California) | Fratercula cirrhata (176098) Fratercula dowi (176093 176094 176095 176096 176100) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Fratercula dowi (176091) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Fratercula cirrhata (123918) Fratercula cirrhata, Fratercula dowi (120829 125236) Fratercula dowi (120824 120825 120826 120827 120830 125235 125237 176102) Fratercula sp., Fratercula cirrhata (125234) Fratercula sp., Fratercula dowi (120828) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway | Fratercula arctica (227340) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway (Sunnmore) | Fratercula arctica (125317) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Gibraltar | Fratercula arctica (90037) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | Fratercula arctica (216961) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Fratercula arctica (122311) | |
Holocene | Greenland (Carey Oer) | Fratercula arctica (177153) | |
Holocene | North Pacific | Fratercula spp. (227242) | |
Holocene | USA (Alaska) | Fratercula cirrhata, Fratercula corniculata (177178) Fratercula sp., Fratercula cirrhata, Fratercula corniculata (177179) | |
Holocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | Fratercula arctica (125439) | |
Holocene | USA (Washington) | Fratercula cirrhata (215546) |