Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauviré, D. Berthet, and M. Hugueney. 2004. The late Oligocene birds of the Créchy quarry (Allier, France), with a description of two new genera (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Phalacrocoracidae, and Anseriformes: Anseranatidae). Senckenbergiana lethaea 84(1/2):303-315
Parent taxon: Phalacrocoracidae according to G. Mayr 2009
See also Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Gulosus, Leucocarbo, Leucocarboninae, Limicorallus, Microcarbo, Miocorax, Nambashag, Nannopterum, Nectornis, Oligocorax, Paracorax, Phalacrocoracinae, Phalacrocorax, Piscator, Poikilocarbo, Urile, Valenticarbo
Subtaxa: Borvocarbo guilloti Borvocarbo tardatus
Type: Borvocarbo guilloti
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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