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Fraterculinae
Taxonomy
Fraterculinae is a subfamily. It is extant.
It was assigned to Alcidae by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Smith (2011) and Smith (2014).
It was assigned to Alcidae by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Smith (2011) and Smith (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2001 | Fraterculinae Olson and Rasmussen p. 280 |
2011 | Fraterculinae Smith p. 30 figs. Figure 14 |
2014 | Fraterculinae Smith p. 227 |
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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.
Subfm. Fraterculinae
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Unr. Aethiini
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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