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Oceanodroma

Reptilia - Hydrobatidae

Taxonomy
Oceanodroma was named by Reichenbach (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Oceanitidae by Olson (1975), Olson and James (1982) and Carroll (1988); to Procellariiformes by Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Chandler (1990) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Hydrobatidae by Wetmore (1956) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Cymochorea Coues
1864Halocyptena Coues
1950Oceanodroma Reichenbach
1956Oceanodroma Wetmore p. 12
1975Oceanodroma Olson p. 23
1978Oceanodroma Howard p. 14
1982Oceanodroma Olson and James p. 33
1985Oceanodroma Olson p. 212
1988Oceanodroma Carroll
1990Oceanodroma Chandler p. 110
2002Oceanodroma Sepkoski
2017Oceanodroma 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)
familyHydrobatidaeMathews 1912
genusOceanodromaReichenbach 1950

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. Oceanodroma Reichenbach 1950
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Oceanodroma castro Harcourt 1861 [band-rumped storm-petrel]
Oceanodroma homochroa Coues 1864 [ashy storm-petrel]
†Oceanodroma hubbsi Miller 1951
Oceanodroma melania Bonaparte 1854 [black storm-petrel]
Oceanodroma microsoma Coues 1864 [least storm-petrel]
Oceanodroma monorhis Swinhoe 1867 [Swinhoe's storm-petrel]
Invalid names: Cymochorea Coues 1864 [synonym], Halocyptena Coues 1864 [synonym]
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) O. sp. (13300)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) O. hubbsi (85204)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) O. sp. (178167)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) O. homochroa, O. melania (176098)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) O. homochroa (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) O. homochroa (120827 120830) O. sp., O. homochroa, O. melania, O. microsoma (215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles (Aldabra) O. monorhis (192430)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) O. castro (190846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena O. castro (176072 176073 176075 176076 194221 194226 194278)