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Phalacrocorax auritus (double-crested cormorant)

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Carbo auritus Lesson
1931Phalacrocorax auritus Howard p. 31
1931Phalacrocorax auritus Wetmore p. 13
1933Phalacrocorax auritus Wetmore p. 6
1940Phalacrocorax auritus Wetmore p. 13
1942Phalacrocorax auritus Miller and DeMay p. 77
1943Phalacrocorax auritus Wetmore p. 68
1946Phalacrocorax auritus Howard p. 156
1955Phalacrocorax auritus Howard p. 202
1956Phalacrocorax auritus Wetmore p. 17
1958Phalacrocorax auritus Brodkorb p. 237
1959Phalacrocorax auritus Hamon p. 533
2004Phalacrocorax auritus Broughton p. 15 fig. 4B
2010Phalacrocorax auritus Steadman and Mead p. 428
2016Phalacrocorax auritus Kilmer and Steadman p. 18 fig. 15B,F
2017Phalacrocorax auritus 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
familyPhalacrocoracidaeReichenbach 1850
genusPhalacrocoraxBrisson 1760
speciesauritus(Lesson 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.

Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 [double-crested cormorant]
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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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax auritus (122350)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Idaho) Phalacrocorax auritus (176409)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax auritus (20334 58089)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax auritus (195048 195049)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Phalacrocorax auritus (20495)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Phalacrocorax auritus (192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Phalacrocorax auritus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Phalacrocorax auritus (127154 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Phalacrocorax auritus (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax auritus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax auritus (34269 74292 154773 154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Phalacrocorax auritus (152904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Phalacrocorax auritus (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax auritus (20636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Phalacrocorax auritus (194905 194906 194907 194908 194909 194910 194911 194912 194913 194914 194916 194924 194925 194926 194927 194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax auritus (195050)