''Laricola'' is a

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of extinct

gull Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the subfamily Larinae. They are most closely related to terns and skimmers, distantly related to auks, and even more distantly related to waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed ...

-like birds that lived during the late

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and early

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in what is now Europe.

Taxonomy

Mlíkovský described the genus ''Laricola'' in 2002. Milne-Edwards (1863–1868) had previously classified three of the genus' members (''Laricola elegans'', ''L.'' ''totanoides,'' and ''L.'' ''desnoyersii)'' as ''

Larus ''Larus'' is a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution (by far the greatest species diversity is in the Northern Hemisphere). Many of its species are abundant and well-known birds in their ranges. Until about 2005–2007, most gulls ...

''. The

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is ''Laricola elegans'' (Milne-Edwards, 1868). Laricola have "proportionally longer and more slender legs" than extant species of the family ''Laromorphae''. ''Laricola'' fossils stem from France, and allegedly the Czech Republic.

Species

The genus contains five species. ''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

External links

Laricola Mlíovsky 2002
- Paleontology Database

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