Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Miocene birds from the Hawthorne Formation. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26(2):159-167
Belongs to Sula according to P. Brodkorb 1963
See also Stucchi 2003
Sister taxa: 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 variegata, Sula willetti
Type specimen: UF/PB 8505, a limb element (proximal end of left carpometacarpus). Its type locality is Fraternity Row Creek, which is in the Miocene/Miocene of horizon Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Fraternity Row Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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