Microsula Wetmore 1938 (booby)

Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae

Alternative spelling: Sula (Microsula)

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1938. A Miocene booby and other records from the Calvert Formation of Maryland. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 85:21-25

Parent taxon: Sulidae according to U. B. Gohlich 2003

See also Carroll 1988, Howard 1968, Olson 1985, Wetmore 1938, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Empheresula, Enkurosula, Eostega, Masillastega, Miosula, Morus, Paleosula, Papasula, Prophalacrocorax, Ramphastosula, Sarmatosula, Sula

Subtaxa: Microsula pygmaea

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), France (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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