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Phalacrocorax brasilianus (neotropic cormorant)

Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Taxonomy
Procellaria brasiliana was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Phalacrocorax brasilianus by Steadman et al. (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Procellaria brasiliana Gmelin
1805Pelecanus olivaceus Humboldt
1891Phalacrocorax pampeanus Moreno and Mercerat p. 19 figs. Plate XVIII, FIg. 8
1933Phalacrocorax pampeanus Lambrecht p. 295
1969Phalacrocorax olivaceus Howard p. 2
2003Phalacrocorax brasilianus Steadman et al.
2017Phalacrocorax brasilianus 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
speciesbrasilianus(Gmelin 1789)

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 brasilianus Gmelin 1789 [neotropic cormorant]
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Invalid names: Pelecanus olivaceus Humboldt 1805 [synonym], Phalacrocorax pampeanus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available