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Phalacrocorax mediterraneus
Taxonomy
Phalacrocorax mediterraneus was named by Shufeldt (1915). Its type specimen is YPM 943, a limb element (carpometacarpus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gerry's Ranch, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Colorado.
It was recombined as Meleagris antiquus by Marsh (1871) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Meleagris antiqua by Lambrecht (1933); it was recombined as Paracrax antiqua by Brodkorb (1964) and Cracraft (1968).
It was recombined as Meleagris antiquus by Marsh (1871) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Meleagris antiqua by Lambrecht (1933); it was recombined as Paracrax antiqua by Brodkorb (1964) and Cracraft (1968).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Meleagris antiquus Marsh p. 126 |
| 1902 | Meleagris antiquus Hay p. 534 |
| 1915 | Phalacrocorax mediterraneus Shufeldt p. 58 |
| 1930 | Phalacrocorax mediterraneus Hay p. 292 |
| 1933 | Meleagris antiqua Lambrecht p. 447 |
| 1940 | Phalacrocorax mediterraneus Wetmore p. 13 |
| 1956 | Phalacrocorax mediterraneus Wetmore p. 17 |
| 1964 | Paracrax antiqua Brodkorb p. 303 |
| 1968 | Paracrax antiqua Cracraft p. 28 |
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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 mediterraneus Shufeldt 1915
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||