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Phalacrocorax punctatus (spotted shag)

Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy
Pelecanus punctatus was named by Sparrman (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Stictocarbo punctatus by Worthy (1998) and Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003); it was recombined as Phalacrocorax punctatus by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Pelecanus punctatus Sparrman
1998Stictocarbo punctatus Worthy p. 103
2003Stictocarbo punctatus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 447
2014Phalacrocorax punctatus del Hoyo et al.
2017Phalacrocorax punctatus Clements et al.

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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
speciespunctatus(Sparrman 1786)

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 punctatus Sparrman 1786 [spotted shag]
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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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Stictocarbo punctatus (87810 87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) Stictocarbo punctatus (87789)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Stictocarbo punctatus (100554 194618 194619 195150)