Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110
Belongs to Phalacrocorax according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
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 goletensis, Phalacrocorax ibericus, Phalacrocorax idahensis, Phalacrocorax intermedius, Phalacrocorax kennelli, Phalacrocorax lautus, Phalacrocorax leptopus, Phalacrocorax littoralis, Phalacrocorax longipes, Phalacrocorax macer, Phalacrocorax macropus, 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: YPM 936, a set of limb elements (humerus). Its type locality is Lower Willow Creek, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Oregon.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lower Willow Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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