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Sula sula (red-footed booby)

Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Pelecanus sula was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sula sula by Olson (1975), Steadman (1991), Steadman and Pahlavan (1992), Steadman (1994), Steadman and Intoh (1994) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Pelecanus sula Linnaeus
1975Sula sula Olson p. 24
1991Sula sula Steadman p. 333
1992Sula sula Steadman and Pahlavan p. 460
1994Sula sula Steadman p. 221
1994Sula sula Steadman and Intoh p. 126
2017Sula sula 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
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusSulaBrisson 1760
speciessula(Linnaeus 1766)

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.

Sula sula Linnaeus 1766 [red-footed booby]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available