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Taxonomy
Sula figueroae was named by Stucchi et al. (2016). Its type specimen is MUSM 2501, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Miocene), which is in a Tortonian coastal horizon in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Sula figueroae Stucchi et al. p. 420 figs. Fig. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Sula figueroae Stucchi et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Stucchi et al. 2016 | Sula having similar dimensions to the large- sized boobies S. dactylatra and S. tasmani, but with a more robust and much shorter humerus. |
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||