Sula willetti Miller 1925 (booby)

Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae

Alternative combination: Sula (Sula) willetti

Full reference: L. Miller. 1925. Avian remains from the Miocene of Lompoc, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington 349:107-117

Belongs to Sula according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Howard 1958, Howard 1962, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Sula (Sula), Sula brandi, Sula clarki, Sula dactylatra, Sula figueroae, Sula granti, Sula guano, Sula leucogaster, Sula magna, Sula nebouxii, Sula phosphata, Sula piscator, Sula pohli, Sula sula, Sula sulita, Sula universitatis, Sula variegata

Type specimen: UCMP 26542, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)

• Miocene of United States (4: California)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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