Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Alternative combination: Puffinus (Puffinus) felthami
Full reference: H. Howard. 1949. New avian records for the Pliocene of California. Carnegie Instuitution of California 584:179-200
Belongs to Puffinus according to H. Howard 1972
See also Howard 1949 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Puffinus (Puffinus), Puffinus antiquus, Puffinus aquitanicus, Puffinus assimilis, Puffinus bailloni, Puffinus barnesi, Puffinus calhouni, Puffinus conradi, Puffinus eyermani, 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 2037, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Corona del Mar, which is in a Zanclean coastal sandstone in California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Corona del Mar
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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