Ramphastosula ramirezi Stucchi and Urbina 2004 (booby)

Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae

Full reference: M. Stucchi and M. Urbina. 2004. Ramphastosula (aves, Sulidae): a new genus from the early Pliocene of the Pisco Formation, Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):974-978

Belongs to Ramphastosula according to M. Stucchi et al. 2016

See also Stucchi and Urbina 2004

Sister taxon: Ramphastosula aguierrei

Type specimen: MUSM 264, a skull. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon

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