Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Full reference: A. J. D. Tennyson, J. H. Cooper, and L. D. Shepherd. 2015. A new species of extinct Pterodroma petrel (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 135:267-277
Belongs to Pterodroma according to A. J. D. Tennyson et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Pterodroma alba, Pterodroma arminjoniana, Pterodroma axillaris, Pterodroma baraui, Pterodroma brevipes, Pterodroma cahow, Pterodroma cookii, Pterodroma hasitata, Pterodroma heraldica, Pterodroma hypoleuca, Pterodroma incerta, Pterodroma inexpectata, Pterodroma jugabilis, Pterodroma kurodai, Pterodroma lessonii, Pterodroma leucoptera, Pterodroma macroptera, Pterodroma magentae, Pterodroma mollis, Pterodroma nigripennis, Pterodroma phaeopygia, Pterodroma pycrofti, Pterodroma rupinarum
Type specimen: NMNZ S.35342.1, a limb element (left humerus). Its type locality is Waipawa Mouth, Pitt Island, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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