Biology:Larus robustus
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Short description: Extinct species of gull
| †Larus robustus Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Larus |
| Species: | †L. robustus
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| †Larus robustus Shufeldt, 1891
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Larus robustus is an extinct species of gull that lived during the Late Pleistocene.[1][2]
Etymology
The genus name Larus derives from Ancient Greek, referring to a seabird. The species name robustus derives from Latin, meaning "hardness, strength."[1][3]
Description
Larus robustus specimens stem from Fossil Lake, Oregon.[1] Charles H. Sternberg collected the type specimen.[1] Larus robustus is large gull, smaller than the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) and significantly larger than the American herring gull (Larus argentatus smithsonianus).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Shufeldt, R. W. (1892). "A study of the fossil avifauna of the Equus beds of the Oregon desert". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 389–425. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224106#page/419/mode/1up.
- ↑ "PBDB". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=335543.
- ↑ "robustus" (in en), Wiktionary, the free dictionary, 2023-07-15, https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=robustus&oldid=75243520, retrieved 2023-12-08
External links
- Larus robustus - Paleontology Database
- Larus robustus - Mindat.org
- Larus robustus (Shufeldt, 1891) - GBIF
Wikidata ☰ Q123699292 entry
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