Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Belongs to Puffinus according to Hume 1872
Sister taxa: Puffinus (Puffinus), Puffinus antiquus, Puffinus aquitanicus, Puffinus assimilis, Puffinus bailloni, Puffinus barnesi, Puffinus calhouni, 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 priscus, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus spelaeus, Puffinus tedfordi, Puffinus yelkouan
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pipanyimili Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine claystone in the Bathurst Island Formation of Australia
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hoq Cave
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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