Biology:Laricola
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | †Laricolidae |
| Genus: | †Laricola Mlíkovský, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Laricola elegans Milne-Edwards, 1868
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Laricola is a genus of extinct gull-like birds that lived during the late Oligocene and early Miocene in what is now Europe.[1]
Taxonomy
Mlíkovský described the genus Laricola in 2002.[2] Milne-Edwards (1863–1868) had previously classified three of the genus' members (Laricola elegans, L. totanoides, and L. desnoyersii) as Larus.[3][4] The type species is Laricola elegans (Milne-Edwards, 1868). Laricola have "proportionally longer and more slender legs" than extant species of the family Laromorphae.[1]
Laricola fossils stem from France, and allegedly the Czech Republic.[1]
Species
The genus contains five species.[1]
Laricola elegans (Milne-Edwards, 1868)
Laricola totanoides (Milne-Edwards, 1868)
Laricola desnoyersii (Milne-Edwards, 1863)
Laricola intermedia (De Pietri et al., 2014)
Laricola robusta (De Pietri et al., 2014)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 De Pietri, Vanesa L.; Costeur, Loïc; Güntert, Marcel; Mayr, Gerald (2011). "A revision of the Lari (Aves, Charadriiformes) from the early Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France)" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (4): 812–828. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.586663. ISSN 0272-4634. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2011.586663.
- ↑ Mlíkovský, Jiří (2002). Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe.. Prague: Ninox Press.
- ↑ Milne-Edwards, A. (1863). "Memoire sur la distribution geologique des oiseaux fossiles et description de quelques especes nouvelles.". Annales des Sciences Naturelles 20: 132–176.
- ↑ Milne-Edwards, A. (1867–1868). Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire des oiseaux fossiles de la France, vol. 1. Paris: Victor Masson et fils.
External links
- Laricola Mlíovsky 2002 - Paleontology Database
- Laricola - Mindat.org
- Laricola - GBIF
Wikidata ☰ Q61893429 entry
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