Argyrodyptes Ameghino 1905 (petrel)

Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1905. Enumeracion de los Impennes Fosiles de Patagonia y de la Isla Seymour. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 6:97-167

Parent taxon: Procellariidae according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023

See also Ameghino 1905, Carroll 1988, Lambrecht 1933, Simpson 1946 and Simpson 1972

Sister taxa: Aphrodroma, Ardenna, Bulweria, Calonectris, Daption, Diomedeoides, Eopuffinus, Fulmarinae, Fulmarus, Halobaena, Macronectes, Oestrelata, Pachyptila, Pachyptilinae, Pagodroma, Pelecanoides, Primodroma, Procellaria, Procellariinae, Pseudobulweria, Pterodroma, Pterodromoides, Puffininae, Puffinini, Puffinus, Thalassoica

Subtaxa: Argyrodyptes microtarsus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Argyrodyptes in the database

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