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Hydrobates

Reptilia - Hydrobatidae

Taxonomy
Hydrobates was named by Boie (1822). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hydrobatidae by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Hydrobates Boie
2014Hydrobates del Hoyo et al.
2017Hydrobates 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
genusHydrobatesBoie 1822

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. Hydrobates Boie 1822
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Hydrobates furcatus Gmelin 1789 [fork-tailed storm-petrel]
Hydrobates leucorhous Vieillot 1818 [Leach's storm-petrel]
Hydrobates tethys Bonaparte 1852 [Wedge-rumped storm-petrel]
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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Oceanodroma leucorhoa (176098)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Oceanodroma furcata (125236) Oceanodroma leucorhoa (215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) H. leucorhous (101898 210642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain H. pelagicus (216959)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Oceanodroma leucorhoa (177178 177179)