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Suloidea
Taxonomy
Suloidae was named by Hay (1930). It is extant. Its type is Sula.
It was corrected as Sulides by Lambrecht (1933); it was corrected as Suloidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Mayr (2002), Mayr (2005), Bourdon et al. (2005) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Hay (1930); to Pelecaniformes by Lambrecht (1933); to Pelecani by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Wetmore (1960); to Pelecani by Bourdon et al. (2005); to Steganopodes by Mayr (2002) and Mayr (2005); and to Sulida by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was corrected as Sulides by Lambrecht (1933); it was corrected as Suloidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Mayr (2002), Mayr (2005), Bourdon et al. (2005) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Hay (1930); to Pelecaniformes by Lambrecht (1933); to Pelecani by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Wetmore (1960); to Pelecani by Bourdon et al. (2005); to Steganopodes by Mayr (2002) and Mayr (2005); and to Sulida by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Suloidae Hay p. 291 |
| 1933 | Sulides Lambrecht p. 281 |
| 1940 | Suloidea Wetmore p. 11 |
| 1956 | Suloidea Wetmore p. 14 |
| 1960 | Suloidea Wetmore p. 24 |
| 2002 | Suloidea Mayr p. 508 |
| 2005 | Suloidea Bourdon et al. p. 166 |
| 2005 | Suloidea Mayr p. 67 |
| 2007 | Suloidea Livezey and Zusi p. 91 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available