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Sula
Taxonomy
Sula was named by Brisson (1760) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. Its type is Pelecanus piscator. It is the type genus of Sulidae, Suloidae.
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Olson (1985), Varricchio (2002) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Sulidae by Hay (1902), Case (1904), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1936), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Brodkorb (1963), Howard (1972), Olson (1975), Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Cheneval (1993), Stucchi (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Stucchi et al. (2016) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Olson (1985), Varricchio (2002) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Sulidae by Hay (1902), Case (1904), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1936), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Brodkorb (1963), Howard (1972), Olson (1975), Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Cheneval (1993), Stucchi (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Stucchi et al. (2016) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1760 | Sula Brisson |
1811 | Dysporus Illiger |
1902 | Sula Hay p. 532 |
1904 | Sula Case p. 58 |
1930 | Sula Hay p. 292 |
1933 | Sula Lambrecht p. 284 |
1936 | Sula Howard p. 213 |
1940 | Sula Wetmore p. 11 |
1955 | Sula phosphata Brodkorb p. 1 figs. Figs. 3, 6, 9 |
1955 | Sula Brodkorb p. 9 |
1955 | Sula guano Brodkorb p. 9 figs. Figs. 2, 5, 8 |
1956 | Sula Wetmore p. 14 |
1956 | Sula guano Wetmore p. 14 |
1956 | Sula phosphata Wetmore p. 14 |
1958 | Sula Howard p. 4 |
1963 | Sula Brodkorb |
1972 | Sula Howard p. 6 |
1975 | Sula Olson p. 23 |
1982 | Sula Olson and James p. 33 |
1985 | Sula Olson p. 158 |
1988 | Sula Carroll |
1993 | Sula Cheneval p. 89 |
2002 | Sula Sepkoski |
2002 | Sula Varricchio |
2003 | Sula Stucchi p. 77 |
2014 | Sula del Hoyo et al. |
2016 | Sula Stucchi et al. p. 419 |
2017 | Sula Clements et al. |
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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.
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
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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
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 |
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Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | USA (Florida) | S. universitatis (155057) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | S. sp. (197288) | |
Langhian | USA (California) | S. hutchisoni (197289) S. sp. (59060) S. willetti (19595) | |
Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | S. sp. (52183) | |
Langhian | Japan (Saitama) | S. sp. (54183) | |
Middle Miocene | USA (California) | S. pohli (126054) | |
Tortonian | Peru | S. magna (183918) S. sp. (45486) S. sp., S. brandi, S. figueroae (96800) | |
Tortonian | USA (Florida) | S. guano, S. phosphata (122351) | |
Tortonian | Peru (Arequipa) | S. sp., S. variegata (45485) | |
Tortonian | USA (California) | S. willetti (45489 52184 82517) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Peru | S. sp. (46083) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Peru (Ica) | S. sp. (45487) | |
Messinian | Peru | S. sp. (13079) | |
Messinian | Chile (Atacama) | S. sp. (55535) | |
Messinian | Peru (Caraveli) | S. sp., S. magna, S. sulita, S. variegata (46084) | |
Zanclean | South Africa | S. sp. (100313) | |
Blancan | USA (California) | S. clarki (178005 178017) S. sp. (177986 178019 178021) | |
Piacenzian | Peru | S. sp. (219058) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | S. willetti (52242) | |
Holocene | Micronesia, Federated States of | S. spp., S. dactylatra (194650) S. sula (194651) | |
Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | S. tasmani (194989 194990) | |
Holocene | French Polynesia (Society Islands) | S. sula, S. leucogaster (215325) | |
Holocene | Cook Islands | S. sula (193449) | |
Holocene | Norfolk Island | S. dactylatra (194562 194563 194565 194566 194567) S. tasmani (194991 194992 194993 194994) | |
Holocene | Solomon 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) | |
Holocene | Vanuatu (Efate) | S. leucogaster (185434) | |
Holocene | Venezuela | S. sp. (197933) S. sp., S. sula (197931 197932 197934 197937) S. sp., S. sula, S. leucogaster (197935) | |
Holocene | Mauritius | S. sula (194074) | |
Holocene | Saint Helena | S. dactylatra (176072 194214 194220 194290) S. dactylatra, S. sula (176075 194278 194291) S. sp. (194221 194225 194238) S. sula (155782 194226 194287) | |
Holocene | American Samoa | S. sula (193800) | |
Holocene | Pitcairn | S. dactylatra (193763 193786 193790) S. dactylatra, S. sula (193764) S. sula (193793) | |
Holocene | Brazil | S. sp. (195071) | |
Holocene | Marshall Islands | S. spp. (194995 194999) | |
Holocene | French Polynesia | S. sp., S. sula, S. leucogaster (194675) | |
Holocene | Bahamas | S. leucogaster (145366) |