Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae
Alternative combinations: Morus loxostyla, Morus loxostylus, Sula loxostyla
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part III. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:235-252
Belongs to Moris according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Case 1904, Cope 1870, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1926, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Moris lompocana, Moris reyana, Morus atlanticus, Morus avitus, Morus bassanus, Morus capensis, Morus humeralis, Morus magnus, Morus olsoni, Morus peninsularis, Morus peruvianus, Morus poolensis, Morus recentior, Morus reyanus, Morus serrator, Morus vagabundus
Type specimen: humerus, a limb element
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of United States (4: Delaware, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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