Aves - Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Diomedeidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1955, Brodkorb 1967, Carroll 1988, Chandler 1990, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1930, Howard 1966, Howard 1968, Howard 1972, Howard 1978, Howard 1982, Howard and Barnes 1987, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson 1985, Olson 1985, Olson and James 1982, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1943, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Aldiomedes, Diomedavus, Notoleptos, Phoebastria, Phoebetria, Thalassarche, Tydea
Subtaxa: Diomedea amsterdamensis Diomedea epomophora Diomedea exulans Diomedea milleri Diomedea nigripes Diomedea rumana Diomedea thyridata
Type: Diomedea exulans
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2), French Southern Territories (1), New Zealand (5), Pitcairn (1), United States (3: California, Hawaii)
• Blancan of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Chile (1), Mexico (1), Romania (1), United States (8: California, Oregon)
Total: 30 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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