Fulmarus Stephens 1826 (petrel)

Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae

Parent taxon: Procellariidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, Cheneval 1993, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1930, Howard 1968, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Olson 1985, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Aphrodroma, Ardenna, Argyrodyptes, Bulweria, Calonectris, Daption, Diomedeoides, Eopuffinus, Fulmarinae, Halobaena, Macronectes, Oestrelata, Pachyptila, Pachyptilinae, Pagodroma, Pelecanoides, Primodroma, Procellaria, Procellariinae, Pseudobulweria, Pterodroma, Pterodromoides, Puffininae, Puffinini, Puffinus, Thalassoica

Subtaxa: Fulmarus glacialis Fulmarus glacialoides Fulmarus hammeri Fulmarus miocaenus

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Type: Procellaria glacialis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Canada (3: Nunavut), Chile (1), Greenland (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), Norway (2), United States (16: Alaska, California)

• Miocene of Peru (2), United States (2: California)

Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence

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