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Pachyptila turtur (fairy prion)

Osteichthyes - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Procellaria turtur was named by Kuhl (1820). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pseudoprion turtur by Mathews (1912); it was recombined as Pachyptila turtur by Tennyson and Millener (1994), Worthy (1997), Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Procellaria turtur Kuhl
1912Pseudoprion turtur Mathews
1994Pachyptila turtur Tennyson and Millener
1997Pachyptila turtur Worthy p. 101
1998Pachyptila turtur Worthy p. 96
2003Pachyptila turtur Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 445
2017Pachyptila turtur 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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Procellariiformes(Fürbringer 1888)
familyProcellariidaeVigors 1825
genusPachyptila
speciesturtur(Kuhl 1820)

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.

Pachyptila turtur Kuhl 1820 [fairy prion]
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, 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 Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Pachyptila turtur (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) Pachyptila turtur (87789)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Southern Territories Pachyptila turtur (194621)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Pachyptila turtur (100554 194614 194616 194619 195150 198081 198088)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Pachyptila turtur (215415)