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Pseudobulweria rostrata (Tahiti petrel)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Procellaria rostrata was named by Peale (1848). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pterodroma rostrata by Balouet and Olson (1989), Steadman et al. (1990), Steadman (1991), Steadman and Pahlavan (1992) and Steadman (1994); it was recombined as Pseudobulweria rostrata by Worthy et al. (2015), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Burley (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Procellaria rostrata Peale
1989Pterodroma rostrata Balouet and Olson p. 34
1990Pterodroma rostrata Steadman et al. p. 127
1991Pterodroma rostrata Steadman p. 332
1992Pterodroma rostrata Steadman and Pahlavan p. 459
1994Pterodroma rostrata Steadman p. 220
2015Pseudobulweria rostrata Worthy et al. p. 231
2017Pseudobulweria rostrata Clements et al.
2019Pseudobulweria rostrata 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
speciesrostrata(Peale 1848)

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.

Pseudobulweria rostrata Peale 1848 [Tahiti petrel]
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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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Pterodroma rostrata (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Pterodroma rostrata (193453)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Pterodroma rostrata (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Pterodroma rostrata (209060 209066 209067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Pterodroma rostrata (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Pseudobulweria rostrata (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) Pseudobulweria rostrata (208864)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Pseudobulweria rostrata (193986) Pterodroma rostrata (13221)