Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Belongs to Puffinus according to J. Watanabe et al. 2020
See also Clements et al. 2017, Rigal et al. 2018 and Steadman and Pahlavan 1992
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 nestori, Puffinus olsoni, Puffinus opisthomelas, Puffinus pacificoides, Puffinus parvus, Puffinus persicus, Puffinus priscus, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus spelaeus, Puffinus tedfordi, Puffinus yelkouan
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (8 collections), Japan (2), Pitcairn (11)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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