PaleoDB taxon number: 368007

Parent taxon: Laridae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Anous, Chlidonias, Chroicocephalus, Creagrus, Gaviota, Gelochelidon, Gygis, Halcyornis, Hydrocoloeus, Hydroprogne, Larinae, Larosterna, Larus, Leucophaeus, Limicolavis, Limosavis, Onychoprion, Pagophila, Pseudosterna, Rhodostethia, Rissa, Sterna, Sterninae, Sternula, Xema

Subtaxa: Thalasseus bergii, Thalasseus elegans, Thalasseus maximus, Thalasseus sandvicensis

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