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Pseudobulweria

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Pseudobulweria was named by Mathews (1936). It is extant.

It was assigned to Procellariidae by Clements et al. (2017), Worthy and Burley (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Pseudobulweria Mathews
2017Pseudobulweria Clements et al.
2019Pseudobulweria 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
genusPseudobulweriaMathews 1936

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. Pseudobulweria Mathews 1936
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Pseudobulweria aterrima Bonaparte 1857 [Mascarene petrel]
Pseudobulweria rostrata Peale 1848 [Tahiti 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, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Pterodroma rostrata (193453)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia P. sp. (194672 194673 194674 198007 198008 198009 198010 198013 198015 198016 198017 198018 198019) Pterodroma rostrata (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) P. rostrata (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Pterodroma rostrata (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Pterodroma rostrata (209060 209066 209067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Southern Territories Pterodroma aterrima (194621)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Pterodroma rostrata (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) P. rostrata (208864)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia P. rostrata (193986) Pterodroma rostrata (13221)