Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae
Alternative combination: Miosula recentior
Full reference: H. Howard. 1949. New avian records for the Pliocene of California. Carnegie Instuitution of California 584:179-200
Belongs to Morus according to R. M. Chandler 1990
See also Howard 1949, Howard 1972, Miller and Bowman 1958 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Moris lompocana, Moris loxostyla, Moris reyana, Morus atlanticus, Morus avitus, Morus bassanus, Morus capensis, Morus humeralis, Morus magnus, Morus olsoni, Morus peninsularis, Morus peruvianus, Morus poolensis, Morus reyanus, Morus serrator, Morus vagabundus
Type specimen: LACM 2117/1071, a limb element (left tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Curlew Street & Ostego Drive, which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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