Source Data | |
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Suloidea |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Suloidea | superfamily | belongs to Pelecaniformes | stated without evidence | Lambrecht, 1933 | Suloidea | superfamily | belongs to Pelecani | stated with evidence | Wetmore, 1960 | Suloidea | superfamily | belongs to Steganopodes | stated without evidence | Mayr, 2002 | Suloidea | superfamily | belongs to Pelecani | stated with evidence | Bourdon et al., 2005 | Suloidea | superfamily | belongs to Steganopodes | stated with evidence | Mayr, 2005 | Suloidea | superfamily | belongs to Sulida | stated with evidence | Livezey and Zusi, 2007 |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 |
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Environment | marine (based on Pelecaniformes) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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Diet | carnivore (based on Coelurosauria) |
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Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Mayr. 2002. A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3):507-512 |
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Mayr G. (2002) A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47 3, 507-512 |
Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024 |
Wetmore A. (1960) A classification for the birds of the world, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 139 11, 1-37 |
Bourdon E., Bouya B., et al (2005) Earliest African neornithine bird: a new species of Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the Paleocene of Morocco, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 1, 157-170 |
Livezey B. C., Zusi R. L. (2007) Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 1, 1-95 |