Laricola

Laricola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	†Laricolidae
Genus:	†Laricola Mlíkovský, 2002
Type species
Laricola elegans Milne-Edwards, 1868
Species
See list

Laricola is a genus of extinct gull-like birds that lived during the late Oligocene and early Miocene in what is now Europe.[1]

Taxonomy

Mlíkovský described the genus Laricola in 2002.[2] Milne-Edwards (1863–1868) had previously classified three of the genus' members (Laricola elegans, L. totanoides, and L. desnoyersii) as Larus.[3][4] The type species is Laricola elegans (Milne-Edwards, 1868). Laricola have "proportionally longer and more slender legs" than extant species of the family Laromorphae.[1]

Laricola fossils stem from France, and allegedly the Czech Republic.[1]

Species

The genus contains five species.[1]

Laricola elegans (Milne-Edwards, 1868)

Laricola totanoides (Milne-Edwards, 1868)

Laricola desnoyersii (Milne-Edwards, 1863)

Laricola intermedia (De Pietri et al., 2014)

Laricola robusta (De Pietri et al., 2014)

References

1. De Pietri, Vanesa L.; Costeur, Loïc; Güntert, Marcel; Mayr, Gerald (2011). "A revision of the Lari (Aves, Charadriiformes) from the early Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (4): 812–828. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..812D. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.586663. ISSN 0272-4634.
2. Mlíkovský, Jiří (2002). Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Prague: Ninox Press.
3. Milne-Edwards, A. (1863). "Memoire sur la distribution geologique des oiseaux fossiles et description de quelques especes nouvelles". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 20: 132–176.
4. Milne-Edwards, A. (1867–1868). Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire des oiseaux fossiles de la France, vol. 1. Paris: Victor Masson et fils.

External links

• Laricola Mlíovsky 2002 - Paleontology Database
• Laricola - Mindat.org
• Laricola - GBIF