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Alle alle (dovekie)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Taxonomy
Plautus alle was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Alle alle by Linnaeus (1758), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Smith (2011), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Watanabe et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Alle alle Linnaeus
1758Plautus alle Linnaeus
2001Alle alle Olson and Rasmussen p. 279
2011Alle alle Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2014Alle alle del Hoyo et al.
2017Alle alle Clements et al.
2020Alle alle Watanabe et al. p. 10

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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
genusAlleLink 1806
speciesalle()

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.

Alle alle Linnaeus 1758 [dovekie]
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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: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Alle alle (75197)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Chiba) Alle alle (56359)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Alle alle (227340) Plautus alle (162578)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Alle alle (125272)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Jura) Alle alle (125273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Lot) Alle alle (125314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Alle alle (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Nunavut) Alle alle (73697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) Alle alle (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland (Malopolskie) Alle alle (125318)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Alle alle (124961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Alle alle (125322)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Gibraltar Alle alle (90037)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Haute-Pyrenees) Alle alle (125313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ireland (Sligo) Alle alle (125316)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Alle alle (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Santander) Alle alle (125320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Alle alle (125315)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Plautus alle (229484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Alle alle (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Alle alle (177152 230120)