Larus elmorei

Larus elmorei is an extinct species of gull that lived during the mid-Pliocene.^[1]

†Larus elmorei Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Larus
Species:	†L. elmorei
Binomial name
†Larus elmorei Brodkorb, 1953

Etymology

The genus name Larus derives from Ancient Greek, referring to a seabird. The species name elmorei derives from the last name of George C. Elmore, Mining Superintendent of the American Agricultural Chemical Company in Florida, who collected the type specimen.^[1]

Description

Larus elmorei specimens stem from the Bone Valley Formation in Polk County, Florida.^[1][2] Larus elmorei is most similar in size to the California gull (Larus californicus), being slightly smaller.