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- An auk is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes.
- The family Alcidae includes auks, murres and puffins.
- :The only difference between the categories seems to be that " Alcidae " contains the extinct Mancallinae.
- Alcidae are fairly rare in New Mexico . & mdash; JerryFriedman 17 : 51, 5 May 2006 ( UTC)
- "' Pan-Alcidae "'is a clade of charadriiform birds containing the auks and their extinct relatives.
- It was named in 2011 by N . A . Smith, who defined it as all descendants of the common ancestor of the group Mancallinae and crown group auks ( Alcidae ),
- Auks ( Alcidae ) are a family of seabirds which are superficially similar to penguins with their black-and-white colours, their upright posture and some of their habits but which are able to fly.
- This group of islands is home to an important bird reserve, and is the home of various seabirds, including northern gannets, cormorants, and members of the Alcidae family ( puffins, common guillemots, razorbills ).
- Despite the murrelet's crucial role in the fight over logging of the last remaining old-growth redwoods on private land, little is known about this member of the family alcidae, which also includes the murre, puffin and auklet.
- A 2003 paper entitled " The Earliest North American Record of Auk ( Aves : Alcidae ) From the Late Eocene of Central Georgia " by Robert M . Chandler and Dennis Parmley of Georgia College and State University reports a Late Eocene, wing-propelled diving, auk from the Priabonain Stage of the Late Eocene.
- :In terms of molecular clock data from mtDNA analysis of crown groups with fossil constraints-see this timetree table here, which puts the last common ancestor of the two clades ( Alcidae-Stercorariidae + Laridae-Sternidae-Rhynchopidae ) from just before the K / T extinction event that wiped out the rest of the dinosaurs.