Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Full reference: S. D. Emslie. 1995. A catastrophic death assemblage of a new species of cormorant and other sea birds from the late Pliocene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(2):313-330
Belongs to Phalacrocorax according to S. D. Emslie 1995
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 fuscescens, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis, Phalacrocorax goletensis, 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: UF 129070, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Richardson Road Shell Mine, which is in a Piacenzian lagoonal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Tamiami Formation of Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Richardson Road Shell Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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