Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae
Alternative combination: Moris vagabundus
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1930. Fossil bird remains from the Temblor Formation near Bakersfield, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 19(8):85-93
Belongs to Morus according to L. Miller 1961
See also Howard 1958, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Moris lompocana, Moris loxostyla, Moris reyana, Morus atlanticus, Morus avitus, Morus bassanus, Morus capensis, Morus humeralis, Morus magnus, Morus olsoni, Morus peninsularis, Morus peruvianus, Morus poolensis, Morus recentior, Morus reyanus, Morus serrator
Type specimen: UCMP 31062, a limb element (extreme distal end of a right humerus). Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, which is in a Langhian terrestrial siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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