Larus oregonus Shufeldt, 1892
Oregon gull
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Oregon, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Shufeldt, R. W. (1891). Fossil birds from the Equus Beds of Oregon. American Naturalist 25(297): 818-821.
Other references:
Hay, O. P. (1902). Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179: 1-868.
Jefferson, G. T. (1987). The Camp Cady Local Fauna: Paleoenvironment of the Lake Manix Basin. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 34(3-4): 3-35.
Jefferson, G. T. (1991). A catalogue of Late Quaternary vertebrates from California. Part one; nonmarine lower vertebrate and avian taxa. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 5: 1-60.
Lambrecht, K. (1933). Handbuch der Palaeornithologie. 1-1024
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.
Wetmore, Alexander. (1940). A check-list of the fossil birds of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99(4): 1-81.