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Hydrobatidae (storm petrel)

Osteichthyes - Hydrobatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Hydrobatidae Mathews
1956Hydrobatidae Wetmore p. 12
1978Hydrobatidae Howard p. 14
1990Hydrobatidae Chandler p. 110
1992Hydrobatidae Guthrie p. 321
2005Hydrobatidae Bourdon et al. p. 166
2014Hydrobatidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Hydrobatidae Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Procellariiformes(Fürbringer 1888)
familyHydrobatidaeMathews 1912
familyHydrobatidaeMathews 1912

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Hydrobatidae Mathews 1912 [storm petrel]
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G. Garrodia Forbes 1881
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Garrodia nereis Gould 1841 [gray-backed storm-petrel]
G. Hydrobates Boie 1822
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Hydrobates furcatus Gmelin 1789 [fork-tailed storm-petrel]
Hydrobates leucorhous Vieillot 1818 [Leach's storm-petrel]
Hydrobates tethys Bonaparte 1852 [Wedge-rumped storm-petrel]
G. Nesofregetta Mathews 1912
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Nesofregetta fuliginosa Gmelin 1789 [Polynesian storm-petrel]
G. Oceanodroma Reichenbach 1950
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Oceanodroma castro Harcourt 1861 [band-rumped storm-petrel]
Oceanodroma homochroa Coues 1864 [ashy storm-petrel]
†Oceanodroma hubbsi Miller 1951
Oceanodroma melania Bonaparte 1854 [black storm-petrel]
Oceanodroma microsoma Coues 1864 [least storm-petrel]
Oceanodroma monorhis Swinhoe 1867 [Swinhoe's storm-petrel]
Invalid names: Cymochorea Coues 1864 [synonym], Halocyptena Coues 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:15
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Oceanodroma sp. (13300)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Oceanodroma hubbsi (85204)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Oceanodroma sp. (178167)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Oceanodroma homochroa, Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Oceanodroma melania (176098)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) Oceanodroma homochroa (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Hydrobatidae indet. (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Canary Islands) Oceanodroma castro (230666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Oceanodroma furcata (125236) Oceanodroma homochroa (120827 120830) Oceanodroma sp., Oceanodroma homochroa, Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Oceanodroma melania, Oceanodroma microsoma (215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles (Aldabra) Oceanodroma monorhis (192430)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Hydrobates leucorhous (101898 210642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Hydrobates pelagicus (216959)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) Oceanodroma castro (190846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Oceanites nereis (215415)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Nesofregetta fuliginosa (194756 194760)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Garrodia nereis (195151) Oceanites nereis (194614)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena Oceanodroma castro (176072 176073 176075 176076 194221 194226 194278)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Southern Territories Hydrobatidae indet. (194621)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Nesofregetta fuliginosa (198010 198020 198022 198023 198024 198025 198026)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Nesofregetta fuliginosa (193762 193764 193786 193787 193789 193790 193791)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Oceanodroma leucorhoa (177178 177179)