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Miosula

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy

Miosula was named by Miller (1925). Its type is Miosula media.

It was assigned to Sulidae by Miller (1925), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Miller and Bowman (1958), Howard (1972), Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988).

Species

M. media (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Miosula Miller p. 114
1930	Miosula Hay p. 291
1933	Miosula Lambrecht p. 286
1940	Miosula Wetmore p. 11
1956	Miosula Wetmore p. 15
1958	Miosula Howard p. 3
1958	Miosula Miller and Bowman p. 9
1972	Miosula Howard p. 6
1978	Miosula Howard p. 18
1985	Miosula Olson p. 204
1988	Miosula Carroll

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Aequornithes
—	Feraequornithes
superorder	Pelecanimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Suliformes	Sharpe 1891
family	Sulidae	Reichenbach 1849
genus	Miosula

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. †Miosula Miller 1925

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†Miosula media Miller 1925

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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.98000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian	15.98 - 11.63	USA (California)	M. sp. (121152)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	USA (California)	M. media (13300 45489)