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Pelecanoides (diving-petrel)
Taxonomy
Pelecanoides was named by Lacépède (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Procellariiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Pelecanoididae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Scofield et al. (2006), Worthy et al. (2007); and to Procellariidae by Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Procellariiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Pelecanoididae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Scofield et al. (2006), Worthy et al. (2007); and to Procellariidae by Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1799 | Pelecanoides Lacépède |
| 1985 | Pelecanoides Olson p. 212 |
| 1988 | Pelecanoides Carroll |
| 1997 | Pelecanoides Worthy p. 101 |
| 2002 | Pelecanoides Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Pelecanoides Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 444 |
| 2006 | Pelecanoides Scofield et al. p. 66 |
| 2007 | Pelecanoides Worthy et al. p. 8 |
| 2017 | Pelecanoides Clements et al. |
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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. Pelecanoides Lacépède 1799 [diving-petrel]
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†Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes Olson 1985
Pelecanoides georgicus Murphy and Harper 1916 [South Georgia diving-petrel]
†Pelecanoides miokuaka Worthy et al. 2007
Pelecanoides urinatrix Gmelin 1789 [common diving-petrel]
Pelecanoides whenuahouensis Fischer et al. 2018 [Whenua Hou diving-petrel]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Altonian to the top of the Holocene or 18.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma
Collections (43 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Pelecanoides miokuaka (126289) | |
| Waiauan | New Zealand (South Island) | Pelecanoides sp. (196692) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa (Cape) | Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes (176419) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (North Otago) | Pelecanoides urinatrix (87789) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Pelecanoides sp. (87810) Pelecanoides sp., Pelecanoides urinatrix (87814) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Pelecanoides georgicus (195129 195130 195131 195132 195133 195134 195135 195136 195137 195138 195139 195140 195141 195142 195143 195144 195145 195146 195147 195148 195149) Pelecanoides urinatrix (100554 194614 194616 194619 195150 198081 198088) | |
| Holocene | French Southern Territories | Pelecanoides urinatrix (194621) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (Otago) | Pelecanoides urinatrix, Pelecanoides georgicus (195153) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Macquarie Island) | Pelecanoides urinatrix (194607 194608) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Pelecanoides urinatrix (215387 215403 215583 215611) | |
| Holocene | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | Pelecanoides urinatrix (194620) |