Larus oregonus Shufeldt 1891 (gull)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Alternative combination: Larus (Larus) oregonus

Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1891. Fossil birds from the Equus Beds of Oregon. American Naturalist 25:818-821

Belongs to Larus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1891, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

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 lacus, Larus leucopterus, Larus marinus, Larus occidentalis, Larus perpetuus, Larus pristinus, Larus raemdonckii, Larus robustus, Larus smithsonianus, Larus utunui

Type specimen: Its type locality is Silver Lake, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Oregon

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: California, Oregon collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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