Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1965. A new species of cormorant from the Pliocene of Mexico. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 64(4):50-55
Belongs to Phalacrocorax according to Howard 1965
See also Alvarez 1977 and Brodkorb 1967
Sister taxa: Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Phalacrocorax capensis, Phalacrocorax capillatus, Phalacrocorax carbo, Phalacrocorax carunculatus, Phalacrocorax chapalensis, Phalacrocorax featherstoni, Phalacrocorax femoralis, Phalacrocorax filyawi, Phalacrocorax fuscescens, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis, Phalacrocorax ibericus, Phalacrocorax idahensis, Phalacrocorax intermedius, Phalacrocorax kennelli, Phalacrocorax lautus, Phalacrocorax leptopus, Phalacrocorax littoralis, Phalacrocorax longipes, Phalacrocorax macer, Phalacrocorax macropus, Phalacrocorax marinavis, Phalacrocorax mediterraneus, Phalacrocorax mongoliensis, Phalacrocorax neglectus, Phalacrocorax nigrogularis, Phalacrocorax novaezealandiae, Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, Phalacrocorax praecarbo, Phalacrocorax punctatus, Phalacrocorax purpurascens, Phalacrocorax reliquus, Phalacrocorax risgoviensis, Phalacrocorax rogersi, Phalacrocorax serdicensis, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris, Phalacrocorax varius, Phalacrocorax wetmorei, Stictocarbo kumeyaay
Type specimen: LACM 4632, a limb element (right coracoid). Its type locality is La Goleta, which is in a Hemphillian/Blancan marine sandstone in Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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