Larus lacus Emslie 1995 (gull)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Full reference: S. D. Emslie. 1995. A catastrophic death assemblage of a new species of cormorant and other sea birds from the late Pliocene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(2):313-330

Belongs to Larus according to S. D. Emslie 1995

Sister taxa: Larus (Larus), Larus argentatus, Larus atricilla, Larus brachyrhynchus, Larus cachinnans, Larus californicus, Larus canus, Larus chalcopterus, Larus delawarensis, Larus dolnicensis, Larus dominicanus, Larus elmorei, Larus fuscus, Larus glaucescens, Larus glaucus, Larus heermanni, Larus hutchinsii, Larus hyperboreus, Larus leucopterus, Larus marinus, Larus occidentalis, Larus oregonus, Larus perpetuus, Larus pristinus, Larus raemdonckii, Larus robustus, Larus smithsonianus, Larus utunui

Type specimen: UF 140702, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Richardson Road Shell Mine, which is in a Piacenzian lagoonal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Tamiami Formation of Florida.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Richardson Road Shell Mine

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