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Diomedeidae (albatross)

Reptilia - Diomedeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Diomedeidae Gray
1930Diomedeidae Hay p. 287
1933Diomedeidae Lambrecht p. 273
1940Diomedeidae Wetmore p. 8
1943Diomedeidae Wetmore p. 66
1955Diomedeidae Brodkorb p. 7
1956Diomedeidae Wetmore p. 10
1966Diomedeidae Howard p. 2
1968Diomedeidae Howard p. 5
1972Diomedeidae Howard p. 4
1978Diomedeidae Howard p. 4
1982Diomedeidae Howard p. 3
1982Diomedeidae Olson and James p. 32
1984Diomedeidae Cheneval p. 40
1985Diomedeidae Olson p. 124
1987Diomedeidae Howard and Barnes p. 3
1988Diomedeidae Carroll
1990Diomedeidae Chandler p. 96
1992Diomedeidae Guthrie p. 320
2001Diomedeidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 249
2002Diomedeidae Hope p. 365
2005Diomedeidae Bourdon et al. p. 166
2007Diomedeidae Livezey and Zusi p. 90
2012Diomedeidae Mayr and Smith p. 89
2014Diomedeidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Diomedeidae Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo p. 757
2017Diomedeidae Clements et al.
2017Diomedeidae Mayr and Goedert p. 661
2020Diomedeidae Worthy and Nguyen p. 88

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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)
familyDiomedeidaeGray 1840
familyDiomedeidaeGray 1840

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.

Fm. Diomedeidae Gray 1840 [albatross]
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G. †Aldiomedes Mayr and Tennyson 2019
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†Aldiomedes angustirostris Mayr and Tennyson 2019
G. †Diomedavus Mayr and Goedert 2017
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†Diomedavus knapptonensis Mayr and Goedert 2017
G. Diomedea Linnaeus 1758
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Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux et al. 1983 [Amsterdam albatross]
Diomedea epomophora Lesson 1825 [royal albatross]
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus 1758 [wandering albatross]
†Diomedea milleri Howard 1966
†Diomedea nigripes Audubon 1839
†Diomedea rumana Grigorescu and Kessler 1988
†Diomedea thyridata Wilkinson 1969
G. †Notoleptos Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo 2017
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†Notoleptos giglii Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo 2017
G. Phoebastria Reichenbach 1853
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Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 [short-tailed albatross]
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Invalid names: Diomedea howardae Chandler 1990 [synonym]
†Phoebastria anglica Lydekker 1891
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Invalid names: Diomedea californica Miller 1962 [synonym]
†Phoebastria immutabilis Rothschild 1839
Phoebastria irrorata Salvin 1883 [Waved albatross]
†Phoebastria rexularum Olson and Rasmussen 2001
G. Phoebetria Reichenbach 1853
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Phoebetria palpebrata Forster 1785 [Light-mantled albatross]
G. Thalassarche Reichenback 1853
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Thalassarche bulleri Rothschild 1893 [Buller's albatross]
Thalassarche cauta Gould 1841 [white-capped albatross]
Thalassarche chlororhynchos Gmelin 1789 [yellow-nosed albatross]
Thalassarche chrysostoma Forster 1785 [gray-headed albatross]
Thalassarche melanophris Temminck 1828 [Black-browed albatross]
G. †Tydea Mayr and Smith 2012
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†Tydea septentrionalis Mayr and Smith 2012
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica Diomedeidae indet. (191917)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Antarctica (Seymour Island) Diomedeidae indet. (53666)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Antarctica Diomedeidae indet. (31173)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica Notoleptos giglii (100413)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium (Antwerpen) Tydea septentrionalis (52047)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Diomedavus knapptonensis (187941)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Diomedeidae indet. (187942)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Chile (Huasco) Diomedeidae indet. (100178)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Oregon) Diomedea sp. (216962)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Diomedea sp. (52183)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Diomedea californica (74629) Diomedea californica, Diomedea milleri (59059) Diomedea milleri (13297) Diomedea sp., Diomedea californica (197289) Diomedea sp., Diomedea milleri (19595)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Diomedea sp. (121152)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Romania Diomedea rumana (60280)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Diomedea sp. (50069) Diomedea sp., Diomedea californica (13300)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) Diomedea anglica (122350)
Chasicoan10.0 - 8.0Argentina (Chubut) Diomedeidae indet. (60620)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Diomedea thyridata (46167)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chile Thalassarche sp. (100171)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) Diomedea sp. (55535)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa (Cape) Diomedea sp. (176419)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Phoebastria anglica, Phoebastria albatrus, Phoebastria nigripes, Phoebastria immutabilis, Phoebastria rexularum (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa (Langebaanweg) Diomedeidae indet. (37207)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Diomedea howardae (177608 177995 178004 178010 178016 178017 178018 178019) Diomedea sp. (178008 178013) Diomedea sp., Diomedea howardae (177992)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (North Island) Aldiomedes angustirostris (197244)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Morocco Diomedeidae indet. (32052)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan Phoebastria albatrus (79697)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Phoebastria albatrus (176093 176094)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Phoebastria albatrus (195048 195049)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Diomedea sp., Diomedea albatrus, Diomedea nigripes (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) Phoebastria albatrus (101897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Phoebastria albatrus (94308 122305 194469 194470)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Diomedea albatrus (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.21 - 0.0USA (California) Diomedea albatrus (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Thalassarche bulleri (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Diomedea albatrus (59063 120827 125234 125235 125236) Diomedea sp. (190889) Phoebastria albatrus (176102 215552)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Diomedea exulans (90111)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Diomedea albatrus (177178 177179) Phoebastria albatrus (70585)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Diomedea sp. (110076)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Diomedea epomophora (193789)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Diomedeidae indet., Diomedea albatrus (194880) Phoebastria albatrus (194908 239418)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Thalassarche melanophris (215543)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Diomedea bulleri, Diomedea epomophora, Diomedea cauta, Phoebetria spp. (198081) Diomedea cauta (100554) Diomedea epomophora (198218 198219 198221) Diomedea sp., Diomedea bulleri, Diomedea cauta (195151)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Diomedea exulans (235090)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Southern Territories Diomedea sp., Diomedea amsterdamensis, Diomedea chlororhynchos (194621)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Macquarie Island) Diomedea exulans (194606) Thalassarche chrysostoma (194608)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Diomedeidae indet. (177147)