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Fratercula (puffin)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Fratercula Brisson
1985Fratercula Olson p. 185
1988Fratercula Carroll
1992Fratercula Guthrie p. 324
2001Fratercula Olson and Rasmussen p. 280
2005Fratercula Dyke and Walker p. 238
2011Fratercula Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2014Fratercula del Hoyo et al.
2017Fratercula Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
superfamilyAlcoidae(Stejneger 1885)
familyAlcidaeLeach 1820
genusFraterculaBrisson 1760

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
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 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

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Fratercula arctica, Fratercula cirrhata (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Beveren) Fratercula sp. (57912)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Fratercula cirrhata (176098) Fratercula dowi (176093 176094 176095 176096 176100)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Fratercula dowi (176091)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (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 Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Norway Fratercula arctica (227340)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Fratercula arctica (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Gibraltar Fratercula arctica (90037)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Fratercula arctica (216961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Italy Fratercula arctica (122311)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland (Carey Oer) Fratercula arctica (177153)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific Fratercula spp. (227242)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Fratercula cirrhata, Fratercula corniculata (177178) Fratercula sp., Fratercula cirrhata, Fratercula corniculata (177179)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Fratercula arctica (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Washington) Fratercula cirrhata (215546)