Aves - Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Parent taxon: Procellariiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo 2017, Bourdon et al. 2005, Brodkorb 1955, Carroll 1988, Chandler 1990, Cheneval 1984, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1930, Hope 2002, Howard 1966, Howard 1968, Howard 1972, Howard 1978, Howard 1982, Howard and Barnes 1987, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr and Goedert 2017, Mayr and Smith 2012, Olson 1985, Olson 1985, Olson and James 1982, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1943, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Diomedeoididae, Hydrobatidae, Hydrotherikornis, Kievornis, Makahala, Marinavidae, Oceanitidae, Pandiomedeidae, Pelecanoidi, Pelecanoididae, Procellarae, Procellariidae, Rupelornis, Rupelornis definitus, Tytthostonychidae
Subtaxa: Aldiomedes Diomedavus Diomedea Notoleptos Phoebastria Phoebetria Thalassarche Tydea
Type: Diomedea
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (3), Bermuda (4), Chile (1), French Southern Territories (1), Japan (2), New Zealand (7), Pitcairn (1), South Africa (1), United States (22: Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii)
• Blancan of United States (11: California)
• Pliocene of Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), South Africa (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Chile (2), Mexico (1), Romania (1), United States (11: California, Florida, Oregon, Washington)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Antarctica (4)
Total: 83 collections including 102 occurrences