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Phalacrocorax kennelli

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy
Phalacrocorax kennelli was named by Howard (1949). Its type specimen is LACM 2127/1080, a limb element (coracoid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Five Points Freeway, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone in the San Diego Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. gaimardi, P. imbericum, P. latus, P. wvetmorei, P. owrei, P. tanzaniae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Phalacrocorax kennelli Howard p. 188 figs. Plate 3, Figs 7-8a
1956Phalacrocorax kennelli Miller p. 617
1956Phalacrocorax kennelli Wetmore p. 18
1958Phalacrocorax kennelli Miller and Bowman p. 12
1972Phalacrocorax kennelli Howard p. 8
1990Phalacrocorax kennelli Chandler p. 125

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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
specieskennelli

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 kennelli Howard 1949
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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: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Phalacrocorax kennelli (177986 177990 177992 177998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Phalacrocorax kennelli (19703)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Phalacrocorax kennelli (type locality: 120823)