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Stercorarius pomarinus (pomarine jaeger)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Stercorariidae

Taxonomy
Lestris pomarinus was named by Temminck (1815). It is extant.

It was recombined as Stercorarius pomarinus by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Warheit (2002), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Lestris pomarinus Temminck
2001Stercorarius pomarinus Olson and Rasmussen p. 266
2002Stercorarius pomarinus Mlikovsky p. 138
2002Stercorarius pomarinus Warheit p. 36
2014Stercorarius pomarinus del Hoyo et al.
2017Stercorarius pomarinus 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()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyStercorariidaeBrisson 1760
genusStercorariusBrisson 1760
speciespomarinus(Temminck 1815)

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.

Stercorarius pomarinus Temminck 1815 [pomarine jaeger]
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Stercorarius pomarinus (52582)