†Fulmarus hammeri Howard 1968 (petrel)
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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 Fulmarus according to H. Howard 1968
See also Howard 1972 and Olson 1985
Sister taxa: Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmarus glacialoides, Fulmarus miocaenus
Type specimen: LACM 18262, a limb element (proximal end of left carpometacarpus). 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: found only at LACM 1945
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