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Sula willetti

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Sula willetti was named by Miller (1925). Its type specimen is UCMP 26542, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

It was recombined as Sula (Sula) willetti by Wetmore (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. dacylatra, S. hutchisoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Sula willetti Miller
1925Sula willetti Miller p. 112 figs. Plates 3 & 8
1930Sula willetti Hay p. 292
1933Sula willetti Lambrecht p. 285
1940Sula (Sula) willetti Wetmore p. 11
1942Sula willetti Miller and DeMay p. 76
1956Sula willetti Wetmore p. 14
1958Sula willetti Howard p. 3
1962Sula willetti Howard p. 512
1972Sula willetti Howard p. 7

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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
specieswilletti

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 willetti Miller 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Sula willetti (19595)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Sula willetti (type locality: 45489 52184 82517)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Sula willetti (52242)