Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Full reference: N. I. Burchak-Abramovich and I. Nikolov. 1984. Iskopaemye pititsy Phalacrocorax serdicensis sp. n. i Anser thraciensis sp. n. iz Bolgarii. Paleontologiia, stratigrafia, i litologiia 19:23-34
Belongs to Phalacrocorax according to U. B. Göhlich and C. Mourer-Cauvire 2010
See also Burchak-Abramovich and Nikolov 1984 and Mlikovsky 2002
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 marinavis, 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 sulcirostris, Phalacrocorax varius, Phalacrocorax wetmorei, Stictocarbo kumeyaay
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hrabarsko, which is in a Messinian terrestrial horizon in the Gnilyane Formation of Bulgaria
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hrabarsko
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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