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Larus glaucescens (glaucous-winged gull)

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Taxonomy
Larus glaucescens was named by Naumann (1840). It is extant.

It was recombined as Larus (Larus) glaucescens by Wetmore (1940).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Larus glaucescens Naumann
1862Larus glaucescens Coues p. 295
1940Larus (Larus) glaucescens Wetmore p. 61
1942Larus glaucescens Miller and DeMay p. 113
1956Larus glaucescens Wetmore p. 76
2017Larus glaucescens 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
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
infraorderLarides
superfamilyLaroideaStejneger 1885
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusLarus
speciesglaucescensNaumann 1840

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.

Larus glaucescens Naumann 1840 [glaucous-winged gull]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available