Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Full reference: D. W. Steadman. 2002. A new species of gull (Laridae : Larus) from an archaeological site on Huahine, Society Islands. Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington 115:1-17
Belongs to Larus according to D. W. Steadman 2002
Sister taxa: Larus (Larus), Larus argentatus, Larus atricilla, Larus brachyrhynchus, Larus cachinnans, Larus californicus, Larus canus, Larus chalcopterus, Larus delawarensis, Larus dolnicensis, Larus dominicanus, Larus elmorei, Larus fuscus, Larus glaucescens, Larus glaucus, Larus heermanni, Larus hutchinsii, Larus hyperboreus, Larus lacus, Larus leucopterus, Larus marinus, Larus occidentalis, Larus oregonus, Larus perpetuus, Larus pristinus, Larus raemdonckii, Larus robustus, Larus smithsonianus
Type specimen: DAPT 1, a skull. Its type locality is Fa'ahia site, Huahine, which is in a Holocene lagoonal sandstone in French Polynesia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Fa'ahia site, Huahine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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