Morus

Searched as Morus sp.. The Paleobiology Database treats Morus as the accepted name.

Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies. They are known as 'solan' or 'solan goose' in Scotland. A common misconception is that the Scottish name is 'guga' but this is the Gaelic name referring to the chicks only.

Morus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
gannetPBDB
Sits inside
SulidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Coelurosauria
Life habit
ground dwelling, solitaryPBDB, for Theropoda
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Theropoda
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Theropoda

Time the record covers

At least 55 million years on record.

The record covers at least 56 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 95 occurrencesPaleocene — about 1 of 95 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 3 of 95 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 11 of 95 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 44 of 95 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 11 of 95 occurrencesPleistocene — about 14 of 95 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences61–58 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences52–49 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences45–43 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences43–40 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence27–25 Mya — about 5 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 5 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 4 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 5 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 10 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 6 occurrences11–9.0 Mya — about 6 occurrences9.0–6.7 Mya — about 6 occurrences6.7–4.5 Mya — about 8 occurrences4.5–2.2 Mya — about 9 occurrences2.2–0 Mya — about 23 occurrences56 Mya11.7 ka67 Mya0 Mya

95 occurrences of Morus on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

95 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

21 formations

Yorktown — 35.36°N, 76.82°WTemblor — 35.46°N, 118.92°WTemblor — 35.30°N, 118.50°WMonterey — 33.60°N, 117.70°WSan Diego — 32.74°N, 117.14°WSan Diego — 32.63°N, 117.02°WSan Diego — 32.74°N, 117.17°WRosarito Beach — 32.12°N, 116.80°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WCalvert — 37.93°N, 77.51°WCalvert — 38.16°N, 76.83°WAlmejas — 28.11°N, 115.18°WAlmejas — 28.37°N, 115.18°WSanta Margarita — 37.00°N, 122.00°WPungo River — 35.40°N, 76.80°WRenova — 45.20°N, 112.16°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°EFort Union — 41.28°N, 109.19°WAcredale — 36.79°N, 76.17°WKempsville — 36.79°N, 76.17°WPeace River — 27.74°N, 81.93°WPisco — 15.55°S, 74.80°WPurisima — 37.31°N, 122.40°WOkeechobee — 27.53°N, 80.47°WKirkwood — 40.30°N, 74.30°WLiuhe — 32.08°N, 118.75°EXiananshan — 29.15°N, 121.23°E

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The named rock units Morus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 51 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Morus and its relatives

Miocene

Where Morus and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,312 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 72 sites for Morus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

50 references

Each of the 95 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 38 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Morus

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

MorphoSource was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Vieillot 1816