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Miocepphus
Taxonomy
Miocepphus was named by Wetmore (1940).
It was assigned to Alcinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Wijnker and Olson (2009); and to Alcidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988) and Hastings and Dooley (2017).
It was assigned to Alcinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Wijnker and Olson (2009); and to Alcidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988) and Hastings and Dooley (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1940 | Miocepphus Wetmore p. 35 |
1956 | Miocepphus Wetmore p. 79 |
1985 | Miocepphus Olson |
1988 | Miocepphus Carroll |
2001 | Miocepphus Olson and Rasmussen p. 270 |
2009 | Miocepphus Wijnker and Olson |
2017 | Miocepphus Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
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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. †Miocepphus Wetmore 1940
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†Miocepphus blowi Wijnker and Olson 2009
†Miocepphus bohaskai Wijnker and Olson 2009
†Miocepphus mcclungi Wetmore 1940
†Miocepphus mergulellus Wijnker and Olson 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Zanclean or 23.03000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Aquitanian | USA (Virginia) | M. mcclungi (70517) | |
Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | M. undescribedspecies, M. mcclungi (48887) | |
Burdigalian | USA (Virginia) | M. bohaskai (89549) M. mcclungi (89448) | |
Langhian | USA (Virginia) | M. mcclungi (28368 66065) | |
Langhian | USA (Maryland) | M. mcclungi (70823) | |
Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | M. mcclungi (45508 55690) M. sp. (57700) | |
Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | M. bohaskai (89455) M. mcclungi (70835 71815) | |
Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | M. mcclungi (60643) | |
Messinian | USA (Virginia) | Aves indet. (71626) M. mcclungi (179732) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Alle alle (52582) |