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Phalacrocorax littoralis

Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy
Graculus littoralis was named by Milne-Edwards (1863). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St-Gérand-le-Puy, which is in an Aquitanian fluvial-lacustrine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in France. It is the type species of Oligocorax.

It was recombined as Phalacrocorax littoralis by Cheneval (1984) and Mlikovsky (2002); it was recombined as Oligocorax littoralis by Lambrecht (1933), Brodkorb (1952), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), Göhlich and Mourer-Cauvire (2010) and Worthy (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. imbericum, P. wvetmorei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Graculus littoralis Milne-Edwards p. 161
1933Oligocorax littoralis Lambrecht p. 290 figs. FIg. 104B
1952Oligocorax littoralis Brodkorb p. 175
1984Phalacrocorax littoralis Cheneval p. 53
2002Phalacrocorax littoralis Mlikovsky p. 71
2008Oligocorax littoralis Mourer-Chauviré
2010Oligocorax littoralis Göhlich and Mourer-Cauvire p. 62 figs. Table 1
2011Oligocorax littoralis Worthy p. 279 figs. Table 1

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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
genusPhalacrocoraxBrisson 1760
specieslittoralis()

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.

†Phalacrocorax littoralis Milne-Edwards 1863
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Tortonian or 23.03000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Auvergne) Graculus littoralis, Phalacrocorax littoralis (type locality: 125333)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Phalacrocorax littoralis (35281)