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Ardenna

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Ardenna Reichenbach
1940Puffinus (Ardenna) Wetmore p. 9
1956Puffinus (Ardenna) Wetmore p. 12
1991Ardenna Jefferson p. 3
2017Ardenna Clements et al.
2019Ardenna Worthy and Burley
2024Ardenna Tennyson 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
genusArdennaReichenbach 1853

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.

G. Ardenna Reichenbach 1853
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†Ardenna buchananbrowni Tennyson et al. 2024
Ardenna bulleri Salvin 1888 [Buller's shearwater]
Ardenna carneipes Gould 1844 [flesh-footed shearwater]
†Ardenna davealleni Jefferson 1991
†Ardenna gilmorei Chandler 1990
Ardenna gravis O'Reilly 1818 [great shearwater]
Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 [sooty shearwater]
Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 [wedge-tailed shearwater]
Ardenna tenuirostris Temminck 1823 [short-tailed shearwater]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Puffinus gravis (48887)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Puffinus gravis, Puffinus tenuirostris, Puffinus sp. (52582)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Puffinus gilmorei (178021)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (North Island) A. davealleni (197245) A. davealleni, A. buchananbrowni (197244)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chile Puffinus griseus (221049)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) A. bulleri (176098) Puffinus griseus (176094 176101) Puffinus tenuirostris (176096)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) Puffinus griseus (101897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Puffinus griseus (20639)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Puffinus griseus (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) Puffinus griseus (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Puffinus gravis, Puffinus griseus (122309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Puffinus griseus (59063 125234 125235) Puffinus tenuirostris, Puffinus griseus (120827 120828 125236 176102)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Puffinus tenuirostris, Puffinus griseus (101898 195045 210642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Puffinus griseus (20628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saint Helena Puffinus griseus (176071)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) Puffinus griseus (87789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Puffinus griseus (87810 87814)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Puffinus pacificus (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Southern Territories Puffinus griseus, Puffinus carneipes (194621)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Puffinus pacificus (110073 110074)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Puffinus pacificus (194751 194752)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) A. grisea, A. tenuirostris, A. bulleri (235090)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Puffinus pacificus (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Puffinus pacificus (194166)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Puffinus pacificus (193786 193792)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Puffinus pacificus (209064 209099)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Macquarie Island) Puffinus griseus (194608) Puffinus tenuirostris (194607)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Puffinus griseus, Puffinus pacificus (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Puffinus griseus (194880)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Puffinus bulleri (195151) Puffinus griseus (194616 194618) Puffinus griseus, Puffinus bulleri (198081) Puffinus griseus, Puffinus carneipes (194619) Puffinus tenuirostris, Puffinus griseus (100554 195150)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) A. pacifica (208862 208863 208865)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Puffinus griseus (215543)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia A. pacifica (198007 198009 198010 198017 198025 198026) Puffinus pacificus (194673 194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Puffinus pacificus (193992 193993 193994 193995 193996 193997)