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Morus (gannet)

Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Morus Vieillot
1930Moris Hay p. 291
1933Moris Lambrecht p. 286
1936Moris Howard p. 213
1940Moris Wetmore p. 12
1955Morus Brodkorb p. 8
1956Morus Wetmore p. 15
1958Morus Howard p. 3
1968Morus Howard p. 12
1972Moris Howard p. 6
1978Morus Howard p. 16
1985Morus Olson p. 203
1988Morus Carroll
1990Morus Chandler p. 112
2001Morus Olson and Rasmussen p. 261
2002Morus Mlikovsky p. 67
2003Morus Stucchi p. 86
2017Morus Clements et al.
2017Morus Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2023Morus Figueiredo et al. p. 26

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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

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. Morus Vieillot 1816 [gannet]
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†Moris lompocana Miller 1925
†Moris loxostyla Cope 1870
†Moris reyana Howard 1936
†Morus atlanticus Shufeldt 1915
†Morus avitus Wetmore 1938
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 [northern gannett]
Morus capensis Lichtenstein 1823 [Cape gannet]
†Morus humeralis Miller and Bowman 1958
†Morus magnus Howard 1978
†Morus olsoni Grigorescu and Kessler 1988
†Morus peninsularis Brodkorb 1955
†Morus peruvianus Stucchi 2003
†Morus poolensis Chandler 1963
†Morus recentior Howard 1949
†Morus reyanus Howard 1936
Morus serrator Gray 1843 [Australasian gannet]
†Morus vagabundus Wetmore 1930
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 Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Morus poolensis (24106)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Sula atlantica (94367)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Morus loxostylus, Morus atlanticus (48887)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) Morus loxostylus (18579)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Morus sp. (197287 197288)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (New Jersey) Morus loxostyla (17910)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Portugal Morus sp. (230121)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Morus sp., Morus vagabundus (59059 74629) Morus vagabundus (13297 197289)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Morus sp. (52183)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Moris sp., Sula avita (70818)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Morus lompocanus (46069 121152)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Romania Morus olsoni (60280)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Morus loxostylus (187324) Morus sp. (57700)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Morus lompocanus (52184 52185) Morus lompocanus, Morus magnus (13300) Sula lompocana (45489)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) Morus peninsularis (122351)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru (Caraveli) Morus peruvianus (46084)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California) Morus sp. (13090 45458)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Morus undescribedspeciesone, Morus undescribedspeciestwo, Morus peninsularis, Morus loxostylus, Morus atlanticus, Morus avitus (52582)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Morus humeralis (178003 178021) Morus recentior (178008 178019)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Miosula recentior (125944) Morus sp. (184951) Sula humeralis (19703)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Morus bassanus (159455)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Morus bassanus (104663)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Morus reyanus (176093)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Morus bassanus (125440)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Morus bassanus (195048)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Moris reyana (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Sula bassana (183124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Morus bassanus (122309 215709)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Moris reyana (59063) Morus reyanus (176102)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Morus bassanus (57706 73485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Morus bassanus (216960)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Morus capensis (177146 177147 177148)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Morus bassanus (122303 195050)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ukraine Morus bassanus (215547)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Sula bassana (122100 122101 122103 122104 122106 122107 122110 122111)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Morus serrator (100554)