Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Miocene birds from the Hawthorne Formation. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26(2):159-167
Belongs to Puffinus according to P. Brodkorb 1963
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 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: UF 4872, a limb element (left humerus, distal end). Its type locality is Hogtown Creek II, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hogtown Creek II
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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