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Pterodroma inexpectata (mottled petrel)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Procellaria inexpectata was named by Forster (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pterodroma inexpectata by Bourne (1967), Worthy (1997), Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Procellaria inexpectata Forster
1967Pterodroma inexpectata Bourne p. 5
1997Pterodroma inexpectata Worthy p. 101
1998Pterodroma inexpectata Worthy p. 94
2003Pterodroma inexpectata Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 445
2017Pterodroma inexpectata Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Procellariiformes(Fürbringer 1888)
familyProcellariidaeVigors 1825
genusPterodromaBonaparte 1856
speciesinexpectata(Forster 1844)

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.

Pterodroma inexpectata Forster 1844 [mottled petrel]
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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, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) Pterodroma inexpectata (87789)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Pterodroma inexpectata (100554 195150 198081 198209)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Pterodroma inexpectata (215617)