Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Alternative spelling: Phalacrocorax (Microcarbo)
Synonym: Hydrocorax Vieillot 1817 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Phalacrocoracidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Hume 2013
Sister taxa: Borvocarbo, Gulosus, Leucocarbo, Leucocarboninae, Limicorallus, Miocorax, Nambashag, Nannopterum, Nectornis, Oligocorax, Paracorax, Phalacrocoracinae, Phalacrocorax, Piscator, Poikilocarbo, Urile, Valenticarbo
Subtaxa: Microcarbo africanus Microcarbo coronatus Microcarbo melanoleucos Microcarbo niger Microcarbo pygmaeus Microcarbo serventyorum
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (1), Madagascar (2), Mauritius (1), New Zealand (3), South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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