Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae
Synonym: Dysporus Illiger 1811
Parent taxon: Sulidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1955, Brodkorb 1963, Carroll 1988, Case 1904, Cheneval 1993, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Howard 1936, Howard 1958, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Olson 1975, Olson 1985, Olson and James 1982, Sepkoski 2002, Stucchi 2003, Stucchi et al. 2016, Varricchio 2002, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Empheresula, Enkurosula, Eostega, Masillastega, Microsula, Miosula, Morus, Paleosula, Papasula, Prophalacrocorax, Ramphastosula, Sarmatosula
Subtaxa: 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 Sula willetti
Type: Pelecanus piscator
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of American Samoa (1 collection), Australia (2), the Bahamas (1), Brazil (1), Cook Islands (1), French Polynesia (2), the Marshall Islands (2), Mauritius (1), Micronesia (2), Norfolk Island (9), Pitcairn (5), Saint Helena (13), Solomon Islands (22), United States (1: California), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (6)
• Blancan of United States (5: California)
• Pliocene of Peru (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Peru (8), United States (9: California, Florida)
Total: 98 collections including 132 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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