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Phalacrocorax idahensis

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy
Graculus idahensis was named by Marsh (1870) [The most specific collection information is that the type specimen is from the Tertiary of Idaho.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phalacrocorax idahensis by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1933), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Murray (1970), Emslie (1998).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Graculus idahensis Marsh p. 216
1902Phalacrocorax idahensis Hay p. 533
1915Graculus idahensis Shufeldt p. 68
1930Phalacrocorax idahensis Hay p. 292
1933Phalacrocorax idahensis Lambrecht p. 294
1933Phalacrocorax idahensis Wetmore p. 5
1940Phalacrocorax idahensis Wetmore p. 13
1955Phalacrocorax idahensis Brodkorb p. 12 figs. Fig. 12
1956Phalacrocorax idahensis Wetmore p. 17
1970Phalacrocorax idahensis Murray p. 293
1998Phalacrocorax idahensis Emslie

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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
speciesidahensis()

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.

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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, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 11.63000 to 0.21000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax idahensis (122351)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Idaho) Phalacrocorax idahensis (176409)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Phalacrocorax idahensis (20385)