Phalacrocorax femoralis Miller 1929 (cormorant)

Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Alternative combination: Miocorax femoralis

Full reference: L. Miller. 1929. A new cormorant from the Miocene of California. Condor 31(4):167-172

Belongs to Phalacrocorax according to H. Howard 1972

See also Brodkorb 1952, Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1929, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Phalacrocorax capensis, Phalacrocorax capillatus, Phalacrocorax carbo, Phalacrocorax carunculatus, Phalacrocorax chapalensis, Phalacrocorax featherstoni, 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 rogersi, Phalacrocorax serdicensis, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris, Phalacrocorax varius, Phalacrocorax wetmorei, Stictocarbo kumeyaay

Type specimen: Its type locality is Poyer's Quarry, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene offshore shale in the Modelo Formation of California

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Poyer's Quarry

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