Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae
Full reference: M. Stucchi, R. M. Varas-Malca, and M. Urbina-Schmitt. 2016. New Miocene sulid birds from Peru and considerations on their Neogene fossil record in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(2):417-427
Belongs to Sula according to M. Stucchi et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Sula (Sula), 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 universitatis, Sula variegata, Sula willetti
Type specimen: MUSM 2497, a partial skull (partial neurocranium). Its type locality is Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Miocene), which is in a Tortonian coastal horizon in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Miocene)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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