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Microcarbo

Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy
Microcarbo was named by Bonaparte (1856). It is extant.

It was reranked as Phalacrocorax (Microcarbo) by Hume (2013).

It was assigned to Phalacrocorax by Hume (2013); and to Phalacrocoracidae by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Hydrocorax Vieillot
1856Microcarbo Bonaparte
2013Phalacrocorax (Microcarbo) Hume p. 212
2014Microcarbo del Hoyo et al.
2017Microcarbo 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
genusMicrocarboBonaparte 1856

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.

G. Microcarbo Bonaparte 1856
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Microcarbo africanus Gmelin 1789 [long-tailed cormorant]
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Invalid names: Plotus nanus Newton and Gadow 1893 [synonym]
Microcarbo coronatus Wahlberg 1855 [crowned cormorant]
Microcarbo melanoleucos Vieillot 1817 [little pied cormorant]
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Invalid names: Plotus parvus De Vis 1906 [synonym]
Microcarbo niger Vieillot 1817 [Little cormorant]
Microcarbo pygmaeus Pallas 1773 [Pygmy cormorant]
†Microcarbo serventyorum van Tets 1994
Invalid names: Hydrocorax Vieillot 1817 [replaced]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Phalacrocorax sp. (100313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Phalacrocorax africanus (208788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Madagascar Plotus nanus (195021)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Phalacrocorax africanus (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Phalacrocorax africanus (95827)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Plotus nanus (194025)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (100554 194618 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) M. serventyorum (216845)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Phalacrocorax coronatus (177146 177147)