Morus reyana Howard, 1936:213

Playa Del Rey gannet

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Morus reyena Howard, 1936; Morus reyanus Howard, 1936

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Los Angeles, California, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Howard, Hildegarde. (1936). A new fossil bird locality near Playa del Rey, California, with description of a new species of sulid. Condor 38(5): 211-214.

Other references:

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

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