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Larus argentatus (herring gull)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Taxonomy
Larus argentatus was named by Pontoppidan (1763). It is extant.

It was recombined as Larus (Larus) argentatus by Wetmore (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. brachyrhynchos

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1763Larus argentatus Pontoppidan
1902Larus argentatus Hay p. 525
1930Larus argentatus Hay p. 340
1940Larus (Larus) argentatus Wetmore p. 61
1959Larus argentatus Hamon p. 533
2001Larus argentatus Olson and Rasmussen p. 267
2017Larus argentatus Clements et al.
2020Larus argentatus Watanabe et al. p. 703 fig. 16A,B

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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
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
infraorderLarides
superfamilyLaroideaStejneger 1885
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusLarus
speciesargentatusPontoppidan 1763

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.

Larus argentatus Pontoppidan 1763 [herring gull]
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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, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Larus argentatus (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Larus argentatus (101898)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Larus argentatus (176222)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Larus argentatus (195050)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland) Larus argentatus (228844)