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Morus bassanus (northern gannett)

Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Pelecanus bassanus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sula bassana by Hay (1902), Malatesta (1980), Varricchio (2002); it was misspelled as Moris bassanus by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Morus bassanus by Hamon (1959), Kilmer and Steadman (2016), Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alba, M. sibirica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Pelecanus bassanus Linnaeus p. 133
1902Sula bassana Hay p. 532
1930Moris bassanus Hay p. 291
1959Morus bassanus Hamon p. 533
1980Sula bassana Malatesta
2002Sula bassana Varricchio
2016Morus bassanus Kilmer and Steadman p. 18 fig. 14B
2017Morus bassanus 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
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusMorusVieillot 1816
speciesbassanus()

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.

Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 [northern gannett]
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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

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Morus bassanus (159455)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Morus bassanus (104663)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Morus bassanus (125440)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Morus bassanus (195048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Morus bassanus (122309 215709)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Morus bassanus (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Morus bassanus (216960)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Sula bassana (183124)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ukraine Morus bassanus (215547)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Sula bassana (122100 122101 122103 122104 122106 122107 122110 122111)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Morus bassanus (122303 195050)