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Phalacrocorax aristotelis (European shag)

Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy
Pelecanus aristotelis was named by Linnaeus (1761). It is extant.

It was recombined as Phalacrocorax aristotelis by Weesie (1988), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. imbericum, P. wvetmorei

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1761Pelecanus aristotelis Linnaeus
1766Pelecanus graculus Linnaeus
1927Phalacrocorax graculus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 87
1988Phalacrocorax aristotelis Weesie p. 12 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
2002Phalacrocorax aristotelis Mlikovsky p. 73
2017Phalacrocorax aristotelis Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familyPhalacrocoracidaeReichenbach 1850
genusPhalacrocoraxBrisson 1760
speciesaristotelis(Linnaeus 1761)

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 aristotelis Linnaeus 1761 [European shag]
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Invalid names: Pelecanus graculus Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom Phalacrocorax aristotelis (124957)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Phalacrocorax aristotelis (125440)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Phalacrocorax graculus (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Phalacrocorax aristotelis (122311 197957 216954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Phalacrocorax aristotelis (122309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Phalacrocorax aristotelis (197768 216958)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Gibraltar Phalacrocorax aristotelis (90037 122805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Murcia) Phalacrocorax aristotelis (125323)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Phalacrocorax aristotelis (192951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cyprus Phalacrocorax aristotelis (216417)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Phalacrocorax aristotelis (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ukraine Phalacrocorax aristotelis (215547)