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Puffinus kanakoffi

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Puffinus kanakoffi was named by Howard (1949). Its type specimen is LACM 2122/1080, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Puffinus (Puffinus) kanakoffi by Wetmore (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nativitatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Puffinus kanakoffi Howard p. 187 figs. Plate 2, figs 3-5
1956Puffinus kanakoffi Miller p. 617
1956Puffinus (Puffinus) kanakoffi Wetmore p. 11
1958Puffinus kanakoffi Miller and Bowman p. 8
1972Puffinus kanakoffi Howard p. 5

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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
genusPuffinusBrisson 1760
specieskanakoffi

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.

†Puffinus kanakoffi Howard 1949
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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, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Puffinus kanakoffi (177990 178006 178011 178020 178021 178169 178172)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Puffinus kanakoffi (19703 125945 125946)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Puffinus kanakoffi (120823)