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Phalacrocorax leptopus (cormorant)
Taxonomy
Phalacrocorax leptopus was named by Brodkorb (1961). Its type specimen is OMNH F-7994, a limb element (left proximal tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Black Butte, which is in the Miocene of horizon the Drewsey Formation Oregon.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1961 | Phalacrocorax leptopus Brodkorb pp. 170-172 fig. 1 |
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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 leptopus Brodkorb 1961 [cormorant]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Oregon) | Phalacrocorax leptopus (type locality: 154947) |