Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Belongs to Puffinus according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1965, Morgan 1994, Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1999, Olson 1975, Olson and Hilgartner 1982, Olson and James 1982, Olson et al. 1990, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Pregill et al. 1988, Reis and Steadman 1999, Steadman 1986, Steadman 1992, Steadman 1994, Steadman et al. 1990, Steadman and Pahlavan 1992 and Wetmore 1962
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 micraulax, Puffinus mitchelli, Puffinus nativitatis, Puffinus nestori, 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 American Samoa (1 collection), Antigua and Barbuda (2), the Bahamas (3), Barbados (1), Bermuda (2), Cayman Islands (7), Cook Islands (2), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (1), Guam (1), Montserrat (1), Northern Mariana Islands (4), Palau (7), Reunion (4), Saint Helena (8), Solomon Islands (5), Tonga (1)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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