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Puffinus gavia (fluttering shearwater)
Taxonomy
Procellaria gavia was named by Forster (1844). It is extant.
It was recombined as Puffinus gavia by Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Puffinus gavia by Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Procellaria gavia Forster |
| 1997 | Puffinus gavia Worthy p. 101 |
| 2003 | Puffinus gavia Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 445 |
| 2017 | Puffinus gavia Clements et al. |
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Puffinus gavia Forster 1844 [fluttering shearwater]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Puffinus gavia (87814) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (North Otago) | Puffinus gavia (87789) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Puffinus gavia (215381 215385 215388 215395 215403 215416 215583 215611 215615) |