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Pelecanoides whenuahouensis (Whenua Hou diving-petrel)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Pelecanoides whenuahouensis was named by Fischer et al. (2018). It is extant. Its type specimen is NMNZ OR.21058.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Pelecanoides whenuahouensis Fischer et al. p. 14

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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
genusPelecanoidesLacépède 1799
specieswhenuahouensis

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.

Pelecanoides whenuahouensis Fischer et al. 2018 [Whenua Hou diving-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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (Otago) Pelecanoides georgicus (195153)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Pelecanoides georgicus (195129 195130 195131 195132 195133 195134 195135 195136 195137 195138 195139 195140 195141 195142 195143 195144 195145 195146 195147 195148 195149)