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Ardenna pacifica (wedge-tailed shearwater)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Procellaria pacifica was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Puffinus pacificus by Olson and James (1982), Steadman et al. (1990), Steadman and Pahlavan (1992), Steadman (1994), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (1999), Worthy et al. (2015); it was recombined as Ardenna pacifica by Clements et al. (2017), Rigal et al. (2018), Worthy and Burley (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Procellaria pacifica Gmelin
1982Puffinus pacificus Olson and James
1990Puffinus pacificus Steadman et al. p. 127
1992Puffinus pacificus Steadman and Pahlavan p. 458
1994Puffinus pacificus Steadman p. 217
1999Puffinus pacificus Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 4
2015Puffinus pacificus Worthy et al. p. 231
2017Ardenna pacifica Clements et al.
2018Ardenna pacifica Rigal et al. p. 19
2019Ardenna pacifica Worthy and Burley

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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
genusArdennaReichenbach 1853
speciespacifica(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 [wedge-tailed shearwater]
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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, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Puffinus pacificus (110073 110074)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Puffinus pacificus (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Puffinus pacificus (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Puffinus pacificus (193992 193993 193994 193995 193996 193997)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Puffinus pacificus (194751 194752)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Puffinus pacificus (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) Ardenna pacifica (208862 208863 208865)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Puffinus pacificus (193786 193792)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Puffinus pacificus (209064 209099)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Puffinus pacificus (194166)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Ardenna pacifica (198007 198009 198010 198017 198025 198026) Puffinus pacificus (194673 194675)