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Brachyramphus pliocenum Howard 



Brachyramphus pliocenus Howard, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 584, 

 June 22, 1949, p. 191. 



Middle Pliocene (San Diego formation) : Washington Boulevard 

 Freeway, San Diego, California. 



Genus SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS Brandt 



Synthlihoramphus M. Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Petersbourg, 

 vol. 2, No. 22, Mar. 19, 1837, col. 347. Type, by subsequent designation, 

 Alca antiqua Gmelin (Gray, 1840). 



Ssmthliboramphus antiquum (Gmelin) : Ancient Murrelet 



Alca antiqua Gmeun, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 554. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene (Palos Verdes sand) : 

 San Pedro, California. 



Genus PTYCHORAMPHUS Brandt 



Ptychoramphiis M. Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Petersbourg, vol. 2, 

 No. 22, Mar. 19, 1837, col. 347. Type, by monotypy, Uria aleutica Pallas. 



Ptychoramphus aleuticum (Pallas) : Cassin's Auklet 



Uria Aleutica Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiatica, vol. 2, 1811, p. 370. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene (Palos Verdes sand) : 

 San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California. 



Genus CERORHINCA Bonaparte 



Cerorhinca Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 2, 1828, p. 427. 

 Type, by monotypy, Cerorhinca occidentalis Bonaparte = ^/co monocerata 

 Pallas. 



Cerorhinca dubia Miller 



Cerorhinca dubia L. H. Miller, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 349, August 

 1925, p. IIS, pi. 2. 



Middle Miocene (Temblor, Turritella ocoyana zone) : Lompoc, 

 California. 



Family MANCALLIDAE: Lucas Auk and Ally 



Genus MANCALLA Lucas 



Mancalla Lucas, Science, n.s., vol. 13, Mar. 15, 1901, p. 428. Type, by original 

 designation, Mancalla californiensis Lucas. 



