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Cepphus
| Description | Cepphus is a genus of seabirds in the auk family also referred to as true guillemots or, in North America, simply as guillemots. The genus name Cepphus is from Ancient Greek kepphos, a pale waterbird mentioned by Greek authors including Aristotle. The English word "guillemot" is from French guillemot probably derived from Guillaume, "William". "Murre" is of uncertain origins, but may imitate the call of the common guillemot. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepphus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Cepphus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Cepphus Pallas, 1769 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Pallas, Peter S. 1769. Spicilegia zoologica. Gottl. August. Lange, Berolini.: fasc. 5: ; 1-34; pls. i-v. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | ăŠăăă, Guillemots | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepphus |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Cepphus carbospecies | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Spectacled Guillemot | 0 Ma Extant | ||
| Cepphus columba species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Pigeon Guillemot | 4 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Cepphus grylle species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Black Guillemot | 3 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Cepphus olsoni â species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Cepphus Möhring, 1758 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Cepphus |
| Cephus Oken, 1817 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Cephus |
References
| Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Pallas, P. S.; Baldinger, E. G.; Erxleben, J. C. P. (1769-1777). Naturgeschichte merkwĂŒrdiger Thiere, in welcher vornehmlich neue und unbekannte Thierarten durch Kupferstiche, Beschreibungen und ErklĂ€rungen erlĂ€utert werden. Berlin: G.A. Lange. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 - via World Register of Marine Species |
| SOF (2007) Holarktis FÄglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fÄglar - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Spic. Zool., (5) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
