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Morus atlanticus

Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Sula atlantica was named by Shufeldt (1915). Its type specimen is YPM 937, a limb element (coracoid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mullica Hill, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian coastal horizon in the Kirkwood Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Moris atlantica by Wetmore (1926); it was recombined as Morus atlanticus by Olson and Rasmussen (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alba, M. sibirica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Sula atlantica Shufeldt p. 62
1926Moris atlantica Wetmore p. 465
2001Morus atlanticus Olson and Rasmussen p. 261

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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
genusMorusVieillot 1816
speciesatlanticus()

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.

†Morus atlanticus Shufeldt 1915
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Zanclean or 23.03000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Sula atlantica (94367)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Morus atlanticus (48887)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Morus atlanticus (52582)