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Morus peninsularis
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Taxonomy
Gannet
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelicaniformes
Family: Sulidae
Genus: Morus
Species: Morus peninsularis
Author Citation Brodkorb, 1955
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
International Age: Zanclean
Stratigraphy
Yorktown Formation
Rushmere Member
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 05/08/2018
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 144.4 mm
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Location
Tar River
Edgecombe
North Carolina
United States
Comments
Proximal end of right ulna. Very well preserved with amazing quill knobs.
Brodkorb, Pierce 1955. The Avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation.
Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations, 14: 57 pages, 8 tables, 11 plates.
S M I T H S O N I A N C O N T R I B U T I O N S TO P A L E O B I O L O G Y • NUMBER 90
Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III
Clayton E. Ray and David J. Bohaska,Editors
Storrs L. Olson and Pamela C. Rasmussen, 2001
Miocene and Pliocene Birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina
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