Larus oregonus

Larus oregonus is an extinct species of gull that lived during the Late Pleistocene.^[1]

†Larus oregonus Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Larus
Species:	†L. oregonus
Binomial name
†Larus oregonus Shufeldt, 1891

Etymology

The genus name Larus derives from Ancient Greek, referring to a seabird. The species name oregonus derives from Oregon, the state where Edward Drinker Cope collected the type specimen.^[1]

Description

Larus oregonus specimens stem from Fossil Lake, Oregon and Camp Cady, California.^[1][2] Larus oregonus is about the same size as the ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis).