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Pachyptila (prion)
Taxonomy
Pachyptila was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant.
It was assigned to Fulmarinae by Olson (1985); and to Procellariidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Baird (1992), Worthy (1997), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Sallaberry et al. (2007) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Fulmarinae by Olson (1985); and to Procellariidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Baird (1992), Worthy (1997), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Sallaberry et al. (2007) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1801 | Prion Lacepede |
| 1811 | Pachyptila Illiger |
| 1866 | Pseudoprion Coues |
| 1985 | Pachyptila Olson p. 130 |
| 1988 | Pachyptila Carroll |
| 1992 | Pachyptila Baird p. 24 |
| 1997 | Pachyptila Worthy p. 101 |
| 2001 | Pachyptila Olson and Rasmussen p. 256 |
| 2007 | Pachyptila Sallaberry et al. p. 151 |
| 2017 | Pachyptila 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. Pachyptila Illiger 1811 [prion]
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Pachyptila crassirostris Mathews 1912 [fulmar prion]
Pachyptila desolata Gmelin 1789 [Antarctic prion]
†Pachyptila salax Olson 1985
Pachyptila salvini Mathews 1912 [Salvin's prion]
Pachyptila salvini macgillivrayi Mathews 1912 [MacGillivray's prion]
Pachyptila turtur Kuhl 1820 [fairy prion]
Pachyptila vittata Forster 1777 [broad-billed prion]
Invalid names: Prion Lacepede 1801 [replaced], Pseudoprion Coues 1866 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | Chile (Antwerpen) | Pachyptila sp. (154114) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Pachyptila sp. (52582) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Pachyptila salax (22221) Pachyptila sp., Pachyptila salax (22222 100313) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa (Cape) | Pachyptila sp., Pachyptila salax (176419) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pachyptila salvini (181314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Pachyptila sp., Pachyptila turtur (87814) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (North Otago) | Pachyptila turtur (87789) | |
| Holocene | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | Pachyptila spp. (194620) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Macquarie Island) | Pachyptila desolata (194607 194608 194609) | |
| Holocene | French Southern Territories | Pachyptila sp., Pachyptila turtur, Pachyptila desolata, Pachyptila macgillivrayi (194621) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Pachyptila turtur (215415) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Pachyptila sp. (138410) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Pachyptila spp., Pachyptila turtur, Pachyptila vittata (198081) Pachyptila turtur (194619) Pachyptila turtur, Pachyptila crassirostris (198088) Pachyptila turtur, Pachyptila vittata (100554 194614 194616 195150) |