Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1978. Late Miocene marine birds from Orange County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 290:1-26
Belongs to Morus according to H. Howard 1978
See also Olson 1985
Sister taxa: Moris lompocana, Moris loxostyla, Moris reyana, Morus atlanticus, Morus avitus, Morus bassanus, Morus capensis, Morus humeralis, Morus olsoni, Morus peninsularis, Morus peruvianus, Morus poolensis, Morus recentior, Morus reyanus, Morus serrator, Morus vagabundus
Type specimen: LACM 37632, a limb element (left carpometacarpus). Its type locality is Laguna Niguel, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone/shale in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Laguna Niguel
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