Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae
Full reference: R. M. Chandler. 1990. Fossil birds of the San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, Blancan, San Diego County, California. Ornithological Monographs 44:73-161
Belongs to Sula according to R. M. Chandler 1990
See also Stucchi 2003
Sister taxa: Sula (Sula), Sula brandi, 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, Sula willetti
Type specimen: SDSNH 26214/3181-C, a limb element (left coracoid). Its type locality is SDNHM 4393, which is in a Blancan marine horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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