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Fulmarus glacialis (northern fulmar)

Osteichthyes - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Procellaria glacialis was named by Linnaeus (1761). It is extant. It is the type species of Fulmarus.

It was recombined as Fulmarus glacialis by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Guthrie (1992), Broughton (2004), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1761Procellaria glacialis Linnaeus
1930Fulmarus glacialis Hay p. 289
1940Fulmarus glacialis Wetmore p. 9
1942Fulmarus glacialis Miller and DeMay p. 75
1956Fulmarus glacialis Wetmore p. 12
1992Fulmarus glacialis Guthrie p. 320
2004Fulmarus glacialis Broughton p. 14
2017Fulmarus glacialis 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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Procellariiformes(Fürbringer 1888)
familyProcellariidaeVigors 1825
genusFulmarusStephens 1826
speciesglacialis(Linnaeus 1761)

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.

Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus 1761 [northern fulmar]
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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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.21000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Fulmarus glacialis (176094 176095 176099 176101)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Fulmarus glacialis (20639)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Fulmarus glacialis (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) Fulmarus glacialis (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Fulmarus glacialis (73689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Fulmarus glacialis (120827 120829 125234 125236 176102 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Fulmarus glacialis (125317)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Fulmarus glacialis (162545 227877)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland (Qeqertasussuk) Fulmarus glacialis (187755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Fulmarus glacialis (194880 194914)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Fulmarus glacialis (160848 228898 229489)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Fulmarus glacialis (177178)