Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1968. Tertiary birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 142:1-21
Belongs to Puffinus according to H. Howard 1968
Sister taxa: Puffinus (Puffinus), Puffinus antiquus, Puffinus aquitanicus, Puffinus assimilis, Puffinus bailloni, Puffinus barnesi, Puffinus conradi, Puffinus eyermani, Puffinus felthami, Puffinus gavia, Puffinus holeae, Puffinus huttoni, Puffinus inceptor, Puffinus kanakoffi, Puffinus lherminieri, Puffinus micraulax, Puffinus mitchelli, Puffinus nativitatis, Puffinus nestori, Puffinus opisthomelas, Puffinus pacificoides, Puffinus parvus, Puffinus persicus, Puffinus priscus, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus spelaeus, Puffinus tedfordi, Puffinus yelkouan
Type specimen: LACM 17508, a limb element (distal end of right humerus). Its type locality is LACM 1945, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian marine siltstone in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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