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Morus (gannet)
Taxonomy
Morus was named by Vieillot (1816). It is extant.
It was corrected as Moris by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940) and Howard (1972); it was misspelled as Moris by Howard (1936), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Howard (1968), Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Stucchi (2003), Clements et al. (2017), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Figueiredo et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Sulidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1936), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Stucchi (2003), Clements et al. (2017), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Figueiredo et al. (2023).
It was corrected as Moris by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940) and Howard (1972); it was misspelled as Moris by Howard (1936), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Howard (1968), Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Stucchi (2003), Clements et al. (2017), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Figueiredo et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Sulidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1936), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Stucchi (2003), Clements et al. (2017), Hastings and Dooley (2017) and Figueiredo et al. (2023).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1816 | Morus Vieillot |
| 1930 | Moris Hay p. 291 |
| 1933 | Moris Lambrecht p. 286 |
| 1936 | Moris Howard p. 213 |
| 1940 | Moris Wetmore p. 12 |
| 1955 | Morus Brodkorb p. 8 |
| 1956 | Morus Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1958 | Morus Howard p. 3 |
| 1968 | Morus Howard p. 12 |
| 1972 | Moris Howard p. 6 |
| 1978 | Morus Howard p. 16 |
| 1985 | Morus Olson p. 203 |
| 1988 | Morus Carroll |
| 1990 | Morus Chandler p. 112 |
| 2001 | Morus Olson and Rasmussen p. 261 |
| 2002 | Morus Mlikovsky p. 67 |
| 2003 | Morus Stucchi p. 86 |
| 2017 | Morus Clements et al. |
| 2017 | Morus Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2023 | Morus Figueiredo et al. p. 26 |
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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.
G. Morus Vieillot 1816 [gannet]
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†Moris lompocana Miller 1925
†Moris loxostyla Cope 1870
†Moris reyana Howard 1936
†Morus atlanticus Shufeldt 1915
†Morus avitus Wetmore 1938
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 [northern gannett]
Morus capensis Lichtenstein 1823 [Cape gannet]
†Morus humeralis Miller and Bowman 1958
†Morus magnus Howard 1978
†Morus olsoni Grigorescu and Kessler 1988
†Morus peninsularis Brodkorb 1955
†Morus peruvianus Stucchi 2003
†Morus poolensis Chandler 1963
†Morus recentior Howard 1949
†Morus reyanus Howard 1936
Morus serrator Gray 1843 [Australasian gannet]
†Morus vagabundus Wetmore 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Collections (64 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Morus poolensis (24106) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | USA (New Jersey) | Sula atlantica (94367) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Morus loxostylus, Morus atlanticus (48887) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | Morus loxostylus (18579) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | Morus sp. (197287 197288) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (New Jersey) | Morus loxostyla (17910) | |
| Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | Morus sp. (52183) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Morus sp., Morus vagabundus (59059 74629) Morus vagabundus (13297 197289) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Moris sp., Sula avita (70818) | |
| Langhian | Portugal | Morus sp. (230121) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | USA (California) | Morus lompocanus (46069 121152) | |
| Serravallian | Romania | Morus olsoni (60280) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Morus loxostylus (187324) Morus sp. (57700) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | Morus lompocanus (52184 52185) Morus lompocanus, Morus magnus (13300) Sula lompocana (45489) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Florida) | Morus peninsularis (122351) | |
| Messinian | Mexico (Baja California) | Morus sp. (13090 45458) | |
| Messinian | Peru (Caraveli) | Morus peruvianus (46084) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Morus undescribedspeciesone, Morus undescribedspeciestwo, Morus peninsularis, Morus loxostylus, Morus atlanticus, Morus avitus (52582) | |
| Blancan | USA (California) | Morus humeralis (178003 178021) Morus recentior (178008 178019) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Miosula recentior (125944) Morus sp. (184951) Sula humeralis (19703) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Morus bassanus (159455) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Morus bassanus (125440) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Morus reyanus (176093) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Morus bassanus (104663) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Morus bassanus (195048) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Moris reyana (20624) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Moris reyana (59063) Morus reyanus (176102) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Morus bassanus (216960) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Morus bassanus (57706 73485) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Morus bassanus (122309 215709) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Sula bassana (183124) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Morus serrator (100554) | |
| Holocene | Ukraine | Morus bassanus (215547) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Morus capensis (177146 177147 177148) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Morus bassanus (122303 195050) | |
| Holocene | United Kingdom | Sula bassana (122100 122101 122103 122104 122106 122107 122110 122111) |