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Phalacrocorax goletensis

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy
Phalacrocorax goletensis was named by Howard (1965). Its type specimen is LACM 4632, a limb element (right coracoid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Goleta, which is in a Hemphillian/Blancan marine sandstone in Mexico.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Phalacrocorax goletensis Howard
1967Phalacrocorax goletensis Brodkorb p. 108
1977Phalacrocorax goletensis Alvarez p. 208

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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
speciesgoletensis

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 goletensis Howard 1965
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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 Pleistocene to the top of the Blancan or 2.58000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4Mexico (Michocan) Phalacrocorax goletensis (type locality: 176342)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Phalacrocorax goletensis (169983)