Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Synonym: Laroides Brehm 1830
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Laridae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Baird 1992, Brodkorb 1955, Carroll 1988, Chandler 1990, Coues 1862, Emslie 1995, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2004, Olson 1975, Olson 1985, Olson and James 1982, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Shufeldt 1891, Smith 2011, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003
Sister taxa: Anoinae, Anous, Chlidonias, Chroicocephalus, Creagrus, Gaviota, Gelochelidon, Gyginae, Gygis, Hydrocoloeus, Hydroprogne, Larinae, Larosterna, Leucophaeus, Limosavis, Onychoprion, Pagophila, Rhodostethia, Rissa, Rynchopinae, Sterna, Sterninae, Sternula, Thalasseus, Xema
Subtaxa: 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 oregonus Larus perpetuus Larus pristinus Larus raemdonckii Larus robustus Larus smithsonianus Larus utunui
Type: Larus canus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1), the Bahamas (1), Canada (12: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Finland (2), France (1), French Polynesia (2), Greece (1), Greenland (11), Italy (1), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (9), Peru (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saint Helena (1), the Seychelles (1), South Africa (3), Spain (2), United States (38: Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Oregon, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)
• Blancan of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida, North Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 106 collections including 152 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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