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Sula

Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Sula Brisson
1811Dysporus Illiger
1902Sula Hay p. 532
1904Sula Case p. 58
1930Sula Hay p. 292
1933Sula Lambrecht p. 284
1936Sula Howard p. 213
1940Sula Wetmore p. 11
1955Sula phosphata Brodkorb p. 1 figs. Figs. 3, 6, 9
1955Sula Brodkorb p. 9
1955Sula guano Brodkorb p. 9 figs. Figs. 2, 5, 8
1956Sula Wetmore p. 14
1956Sula guano Wetmore p. 14
1956Sula phosphata Wetmore p. 14
1958Sula Howard p. 4
1963Sula Brodkorb
1972Sula Howard p. 6
1975Sula Olson p. 23
1982Sula Olson and James p. 33
1985Sula Olson p. 158
1988Sula Carroll
1993Sula Cheneval p. 89
2002Sula Sepkoski
2002Sula Varricchio
2003Sula Stucchi p. 77
2014Sula del Hoyo et al.
2016Sula Stucchi et al. p. 419
2017Sula Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusSulaBrisson 1760

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. Sula Brisson 1760
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Subg. Sula (Sula) Brisson 1760
Sula brandi Stucchi et al. 2016
Sula clarki Chandler 1990
Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 [masked booby]
Sula dactylatra tasmani van Tets et al. 1988
Sula figueroae Stucchi et al. 2016
Sula granti Rothschild 1902 [Nazca booby]
Sula leucogaster Boddaert 1783 [brown booby]
Sula magna Stucchi 2003
Sula nebouxii Milne-Edwards 1882 [Blue-footed booby]
Sula piscator Linnaeus 1758
Sula pohli Howard 1958
Sula sula Linnaeus 1766 [red-footed booby]
Sula sulita Stucchi 2003
Sula universitatis Brodkorb 1963
Sula variegata Tschudi 1843 [Peruvian booby]
Sula willetti Miller 1925
Invalid names: Dysporus Illiger 1811 [synonym], Sula guano Brodkorb 1955 [nomen nudum], Sula phosphata Brodkorb 1955 [nomen nudum]
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 Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (98 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608USA (Florida) S. universitatis (155057)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) S. sp. (197288)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) S. hutchisoni (197289) S. sp. (59060) S. willetti (19595)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) S. sp. (52183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Saitama) S. sp. (54183)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) S. pohli (126054)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru S. magna (183918) S. sp. (45486) S. sp., S. brandi, S. figueroae (96800)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) S. guano, S. phosphata (122351)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru (Arequipa) S. sp., S. variegata (45485)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) S. willetti (45489 52184 82517)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Peru S. sp. (46083)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru (Ica) S. sp. (45487)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru S. sp. (13079)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) S. sp. (55535)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru (Caraveli) S. sp., S. magna, S. sulita, S. variegata (46084)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa S. sp. (100313)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) S. clarki (178005 178017) S. sp. (177986 178019 178021)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Peru S. sp. (219058)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) S. willetti (52242)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of S. spp., S. dactylatra (194650) S. sula (194651)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) S. tasmani (194989 194990)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) S. sula, S. leucogaster (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands S. sula (193449)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island S. dactylatra (194562 194563 194565 194566 194567) S. tasmani (194991 194992 194993 194994)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands S. dacylatra (209083) S. sp. (209059 209071 209073 209086 209087 209098) S. sp., S. dactylatra (209085) S. sp., S. sula (209061 209079 209095 209099) S. sp., S. sula, S. leucogaster (209094 209096) S. sula (209062 209064 209065 209066 209069 209070) S. sula, S. leucogaster (209060 209067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) S. leucogaster (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela S. sp. (197933) S. sp., S. sula (197931 197932 197934 197937) S. sp., S. sula, S. leucogaster (197935)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius S. sula (194074)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena S. dactylatra (176072 194214 194220 194290) S. dactylatra, S. sula (176075 194278 194291) S. sp. (194221 194225 194238) S. sula (155782 194226 194287)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa S. sula (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn S. dactylatra (193763 193786 193790) S. dactylatra, S. sula (193764) S. sula (193793)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil S. sp. (195071)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands S. spp. (194995 194999)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia S. sp., S. sula, S. leucogaster (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas S. leucogaster (145366)