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Fulmarus
Taxonomy
Fulmarus was named by Stephens (1826). It is extant. Its type is Procellaria glacialis.
It was assigned to Procellariidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Cheneval (1993), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Procellariidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Cheneval (1993), Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1826 | Fulmarus Stephens |
| 1930 | Fulmarus Hay p. 289 |
| 1933 | Fulmarus Lambrecht p. 272 |
| 1940 | Fulmarus Wetmore p. 9 |
| 1956 | Fulmarus Wetmore p. 12 |
| 1968 | Fulmarus Howard p. 8 |
| 1972 | Fulmarus Howard p. 4 |
| 1985 | Fulmarus Olson p. 210 |
| 1988 | Fulmarus Carroll |
| 1992 | Fulmarus Guthrie p. 320 |
| 1993 | Fulmarus Cheneval p. 88 |
| 2017 | Fulmarus Clements et al. |
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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. Fulmarus Stephens 1826
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Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus 1761 [northern fulmar]
Fulmarus glacialoides Smith 1840 [southern fulmar]
†Fulmarus hammeri Howard 1968
†Fulmarus miocaenus Howard 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Collections (33 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langhian | USA (California) | F. miocaenus (59059) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | USA (California) | F. hammeri (121152) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Peru | F. sp. (46083) | |
| Messinian | Peru | F. sp. (13079) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | F. glacialis (176094 176095 176099 176101) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | F. glacialis (20639) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | F. glacialis (20624) | |
| Rancholabrean - Holocene | USA (California) | F. glacialis (84904) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway | F. glacialis (73689) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway (Sunnmore) | F. glacialis (125317) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | F. glacialis (120827 120829 125234 125236 176102 215552) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Larus sp. (101898) | |
| Holocene | Antarctica | F. glacialoides (90111) | |
| Holocene | USA (Alaska) | F. glacialis (177178) | |
| Holocene | Chile | F. glacialoides (215543) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | F. glacialis (194880 194914) | |
| Holocene | Greenland | F. glacialis (162545 227877) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | F. glacialis (160848 228898 229489) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | F. glacialoides (195151 198081) | |
| Holocene | Greenland (Qeqertasussuk) | F. glacialis (187755) |