Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1932. A new species of cormorant from Pliocene deposits near Santa Barbara California. Condor 34(3):118-120
Belongs to Phalacrocorax according to A. Wetmore 1956
See also Howard 1932, Miller and DeMay 1942 and Wetmore 1940
Sister taxa: Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Phalacrocorax capensis, Phalacrocorax capillatus, Phalacrocorax carbo, Phalacrocorax carunculatus, Phalacrocorax chapalensis, Phalacrocorax featherstoni, Phalacrocorax femoralis, Phalacrocorax filyawi, Phalacrocorax fuscescens, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis, Phalacrocorax goletensis, Phalacrocorax ibericus, Phalacrocorax idahensis, Phalacrocorax intermedius, Phalacrocorax kennelli, Phalacrocorax lautus, Phalacrocorax leptopus, Phalacrocorax littoralis, Phalacrocorax longipes, Phalacrocorax macer, Phalacrocorax macropus, Phalacrocorax marinavis, Phalacrocorax mediterraneus, Phalacrocorax mongoliensis, Phalacrocorax neglectus, Phalacrocorax nigrogularis, Phalacrocorax novaezealandiae, Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, Phalacrocorax praecarbo, Phalacrocorax punctatus, Phalacrocorax purpurascens, Phalacrocorax reliquus, Phalacrocorax risgoviensis, Phalacrocorax serdicensis, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris, Phalacrocorax varius, Phalacrocorax wetmorei, Stictocarbo kumeyaay
Type specimen: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Pal. Orn. 32.1, a set of postcrania (coracoid). Its type locality is Veronica Springs Stone Quarry, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Veronica Springs Stone Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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