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Brachyramphus pliocenum

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5935906https://www.gbif.org/species/5935906
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)145783https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=145783
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Brachyramphus : Brachyramphus pliocenum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Brachyramphus : Brachyramphus pliocenum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
-PanalcidaeSmith 2011
familyAlcidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyAlcinaeLeach 1820
genusBrachyramphusBrandt 1837
speciesBrachyramphus pliocenumHoward 1949
Generic NameBrachyramphus
Scientific NameBrachyramphus pliocenum Howard, 1949
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Brachyramphus pliocenumspeciesbelongs to Brachyramphusstated with evidenceHoward, 1949
Brachyramphus pliocenumspeciesbelongs to Brachyramphusstated without evidenceMiller and Bowman, 1958
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance4.90 - 1.81 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Charadriiformes)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. M. Chandler. 1990. Fossil birds of the San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, Blancan, San Diego County, California. Ornithological Monographs 44:73-161

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1949Brachyramphus pliocenum Howard
1958Brachyramphus pliocenus Miller and Bowman p. 13
1985Brachyramphus pliocenum Olson p. 183

References

Chandler R. M. (1990) Fossil birds of the San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, Blancan, San Diego County, California, Ornithological Monographs 44, 73-161
Miller L., Bowman R. I. (1958) Further bird remains from the San Diego Pliocene, Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 20, 1-15
Olson S. L. (1985) The fossil record of birds, Avian Biology VIII, 79-256
R. M. Chandler (1990) Fossil birds of the San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, Blancan, San Diego County, California: Ornithological Monographs: 73--161 - via Catalogue of Life
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!
 
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