Larus lacus

†Larus lacus; Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Larus
Species:	†L. lacus
Binomial name
	†Larus lacus; Emslie, 1995

Larus lacus is an extinct species of gull that lived in North America during the Late Pliocene.

Etymology

The genus name Larus derives from Ancient Greek, referring to a seabird. The species name lacus derives from Latin, meaning "lake or standing body of water, in reference to the lagoonal deposits at the type locality."

Description

Larus lacus specimens stem from Sarasota County, Florida. The humerus of Larus lacus most closely resembles the Hartlaub's gull (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii), black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus), brown-hooded gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis), and Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan).

References

1 2 3 4 Emslie, Steven D. (1995). "A Catastrophic Death Assemblage of a New Species of Cormorant and Other Seabirds from the Late Pliocene of Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15 (2): 313–330. ISSN 0272-4634.

External links

[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 Emslie, Steven D. (1995). "A Catastrophic Death Assemblage of a New Species of Cormorant and Other Seabirds from the Late Pliocene of Florida". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15 (2): 313–330. ISSN 0272-4634.