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Sula dactylatra tasmani

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Sula tasmani was named by van Tets et al. (1988). It is extant. Its type specimen is ANWC BS3322, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Sand dunes near Kingston, which is in a Holocene eolian sandstone in Norfolk Island.

It was recombined as Sula dactylatra tasmani by Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Sula tasmani van Tets et al. p. 45
2017Sula dactylatra tasmani Clements et al.

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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
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusSulaBrisson 1760
speciesdactylatraLesson 1831
subspeciestasmani()

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.

Sula dactylatra tasmani van Tets et al. 1988
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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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Sula tasmani (194989 194990)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island Sula tasmani (194991 194992 type locality: 194993 194994)