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Microsula

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Sula (Microsula) was named by Wetmore (1938).

It was reranked as Microsula by Howard (1968), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Gohlich (2003).

It was assigned to Sula by Wetmore (1938), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); and to Sulidae by Howard (1968), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Gohlich (2003).

Subtaxa
M. pygmaea
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2012-04-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Sula (Microsula) Wetmore p. 25
1940Sula (Microsula) Wetmore p. 11
1956Sula (Microsula) Wetmore p. 14
1968Microsula Howard p. 10
1985Microsula Olson p. 204
1988Microsula Carroll
2003Microsula Gohlich p. 238

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusMicrosula()

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.

G. †Microsula Wetmore 1938
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†Microsula pygmaea Milne-Edwards 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available