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Moris lompocana

Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Sula lompocanus was named by Miller (1925). Its type specimen is UCMP 26544, a partial skeleton (skeletal impression), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

It was recombined as Moris lompocana by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Miller and DeMay (1942); it was corrected as Sula lompocana by Lambrecht (1933) and Howard (1972); it was recombined as Morus lompocana by Wetmore (1956) and Howard (1958); it was recombined as Morus lompocanus by Howard (1968) and Howard (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Sula lompocanus Miller
1930Moris lompocana Hay p. 291
1933Sula lompocana Lambrecht p. 285
1940Moris lompocana Wetmore p. 12
1942Moris lompocana Miller and DeMay p. 77
1956Morus lompocana Wetmore p. 15
1958Morus lompocana Howard p. 3
1968Morus lompocanus Howard p. 12
1972Sula lompocana Howard p. 7
1978Morus lompocanus Howard p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusMorisVieillot 1816
specieslompocana()

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.

†Moris lompocana Miller 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.97000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62USA (California) Morus lompocanus (46069 121152)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Morus lompocanus (13300 52184 52185) Sula lompocana (type locality: 45489)