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Fraterculinae

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

Taxonomy
Fraterculinae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Alcidae by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Smith (2011) and Smith (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Fraterculinae Olson and Rasmussen p. 280
2011Fraterculinae Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2014Fraterculinae Smith p. 227

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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
subfamilyFraterculinae
subfamilyFraterculinae

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.

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G. Aethia Merrem 1788 [auklet]
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Aethia barnesi Smith 2014
Aethia cristatella Pallas 1769 [crested auklet]
Aethia psittacula Pallas 1769 [parakeet auklet]
Aethia pusilla Pallas 1811 [least auklet]
Aethia pygmaea Gmelin 1789 [whiskered auklet]
Aethia storeri Smith 2014
Invalid names: Aethia rossmoori Howard 1968 [nomen dubium], Cyclorrhynchus Kaup 1829 [synonym]
G. Ptychoramphus Brandt 1837
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Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 [Cassin's auklet]
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Invalid names: Ptychoramphus tenuis Miller and Bowman 1958 [synonym]
Invalid names: Fraterculini Storer 1960 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available