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Sula dactylatra (masked booby)

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Sula dactylatra was named by Lesson (1831). It is extant.

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Sula dactylatra Lesson
1937Sula dactylatra Wetmore p. 6
1975Sula dactylatra Olson p. 24
1982Sula dactylatra Olson and James p. 33
1994Sula dactylatra Steadman and Intoh p. 126
2017Sula dactylatra Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusSulaBrisson 1760
speciesdactylatraLesson 1831

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 [masked booby]
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Sula dactylatra tasmani van Tets et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available