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Puffinus (shearwater)
Taxonomy
Puffinus was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant. Its type is Procellaria puffinus. It is the type genus of Puffininae.
It was assigned to Puffininae by Hay (1930); and to Procellariidae by Hay (1902), Case (1904), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Miller and Bowman (1958), Wetmore (1962), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Olson (1975), Howard (1978), Olson and James (1982), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Howard and Barnes (1987), Carroll (1988), Alcover (1989), Chandler (1990), Guthrie (1992), Morgan (1994), Worthy (1997), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Burney et al. (2008), Clements et al. (2017), Watanabe et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Puffininae by Hay (1930); and to Procellariidae by Hay (1902), Case (1904), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Miller and Bowman (1958), Wetmore (1962), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Olson (1975), Howard (1978), Olson and James (1982), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Howard and Barnes (1987), Carroll (1988), Alcover (1989), Chandler (1990), Guthrie (1992), Morgan (1994), Worthy (1997), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Burney et al. (2008), Clements et al. (2017), Watanabe et al. (2020).
Species
P. (Puffinus), P. antiquus, P. aquitanicus, P. assimilis, P. bailloni, P. barnesi, P. calhouni, P. conradi, P. eyermani, P. felthami, P. gavia, P. holeae, P. huttoni, P. inceptor, P. kanakoffi, P. lherminieri, P. micraulax, P. mitchelli, P. nativitatis, P. nestori, P. opisthomelas, P. pacificoides, P. parvus, P. persicus, P. priscus, P. puffinus (syn. P. mcgalli), P. spelaeus, P. tedfordi, P. yelkouan
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1760 | Puffinus Brisson |
| 1902 | Puffinus Hay p. 526 |
| 1904 | Puffinus Case p. 60 |
| 1930 | Puffinus Hay p. 288 |
| 1933 | Puffinus Lambrecht p. 266 |
| 1940 | Puffinus Wetmore p. 8 |
| 1956 | Puffinus Wetmore p. 10 |
| 1958 | Puffinus Miller and Bowman p. 8 |
| 1962 | Puffinus Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1968 | Puffinus Howard p. 5 |
| 1972 | Puffinus Howard p. 4 |
| 1975 | Puffinus Olson p. 18 |
| 1978 | Puffinus Howard p. 7 |
| 1982 | Puffinus Olson and James p. 32 |
| 1985 | Puffinus Olson p. 138 |
| 1987 | Puffinus Howard and Barnes p. 3 |
| 1988 | Puffinus Carroll |
| 1989 | Puffinus Alcover p. 95 |
| 1990 | Puffinus Chandler p. 103 |
| 1992 | Puffinus Guthrie p. 320 |
| 1994 | Puffinus Morgan p. 467 |
| 1997 | Puffinus Worthy p. 101 |
| 2001 | Puffinus Olson and Rasmussen p. 257 |
| 2002 | Puffinus Mlikovsky p. 79 |
| 2003 | Puffinus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 445 |
| 2008 | Puffinus Burney et al. p. 18 |
| 2017 | Puffinus Clements et al. |
| 2020 | Puffinus Watanabe et al. p. 8 |
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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. Puffinus Brisson 1760 [shearwater]
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Subg. †Puffinus (Puffinus) Brisson 1760
†Puffinus (Puffinus) diatomicus Miller 1925
†Puffinus antiquus Milne-Edwards 1874
†Puffinus aquitanicus Milne-Edwards 1874
Puffinus assimilis Gould 1838 [little shearwater]
Puffinus assimilis elegans Giglioli and Salvadori 1869 [subantarctic shearwater]
Puffinus bailloni Bonaparte 1857 [tropical shearwater]
†Puffinus barnesi Howard 1978
†Puffinus calhouni Howard 1968
†Puffinus conradi Marsh 1870
†Puffinus eyermani Shufeldt 1896
†Puffinus felthami Howard 1949
Puffinus gavia Forster 1844 [fluttering shearwater]
†Puffinus holeae Walker et al. 1990
†Puffinus huttoni Matthews 1912
†Puffinus inceptor Wetmore 1930
†Puffinus kanakoffi Howard 1949
Puffinus lherminieri Lesson 1839 [Audubon's shearwater]
†Puffinus micraulax Brodkorb 1963
†Puffinus mitchelli Miller 1961
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877 [Christmas shearwater]
†Puffinus nestori Alcover 1989
Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864 [black-vented shearwater]
†Puffinus pacificoides Olson 1975
†Puffinus parvus Shufeldt 1916 [Bermuda shearwater]
Puffinus persicus Hume 1872 [Persian shearwater]
†Puffinus priscus Miller 1961
Puffinus puffinus Brunnich 1764 [Manx shearwater]
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Invalid names: Puffinus mcgalli Shufeldt 1916 [synonym]
†Puffinus spelaeus Holdaway and Worthy 1994
†Puffinus tedfordi Howard 1971
Puffinus yelkouan Acerbi 1827 [yelkouan shearwater]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma
Collections (195 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquitanian | France (Allier) | Puffinus arvernensis (181652) | |
| Aquitanian | France | Puffinus arvernensis (152490) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Puffinus sp. (48887) | |
| Neogene | Italy | Puffinus eyermani (192938) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | Puffinus sp. (197287 197288) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Puffinus priscus, Puffinus mitchelli (13297 74629) Puffinus sp., Puffinus priscus, Puffinus mitchelli (19595 197289) Puffinus sp., Puffinus priscus, Puffinus mitchelli, Puffinus inceptor (59059) | |
| Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | Puffinus sp. (52183) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | USA (California) | Puffinus calhouni (46069) Puffinus sp., Puffinus priscus, Puffinus calhouni (121152) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Puffinus sp., Puffinus conradi (55396) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | Puffinus barnesi (13300) Puffinus calhouni (52184) Puffinus diatomicus (45489 82517) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Puffinus micraulax (18545) | |
| Messinian | Mexico (Baja California) | Puffinus sp., Puffinus tedfordi (45458) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Puffinus sp., Puffinus pacificoides, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus lherminieri (52582) | |
| Zanclean | USA (California) | Puffinus felthami (125948) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Puffinus sp. (22221 100313) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa (Cape) | Puffinus sp. (176419) | |
| Zanclean | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Puffinus sp., Puffinus tedfordi (121126) | |
| Pliocene | Spain | Puffinus nestori (125326) | |
| Blancan | USA (California) | Puffinus kanakoffi (177990 178006 178011 178021 178169 178172) Puffinus sp. (178017) Puffinus sp., Puffinus kanakoffi (178020) | |
| Waipipian | New Zealand (Hawera) | Puffinus sp. (28039) | |
| Waipipian | New Zealand (North Island) | Puffinus sp. (175682) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Peru | Puffinus sp. (97648) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Puffinus kanakoffi (19703 125945 125946) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | USA (California) | Puffinus kanakoffi (120823) | |
| Pleistocene | Japan (Chiba) | Puffinus puffinus (207858) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Puffinus opisthomelas (176094 176095) | |
| Quaternary | New Zealand | Puffinus spelaeus (176274) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Bermuda | Puffinus parvus (94308) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Chiba) | Puffinus puffinus (56359) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Puffinus nativitatis (101897) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Puffinus opisthomelas (20639) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Bermuda | Puffinus parvus (194467) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Puffinus opisthomelas (20624) | |
| Rancholabrean - Holocene | USA (California) | Puffinus opisthomelas (84904) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Puffinus opisthomelas (59063 120827 120829 125234 125236 176102 215552) Puffinus sp. (190889) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | Puffinus puffinus (216961) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Puffinus opisthomelas (192635) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cyprus | Puffinus puffinus (216417) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway | Puffinus puffinus (73689) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (North Otago) | Puffinus gavia (87789) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Puffinus holei (176273 216959) Puffinus puffinus (122309) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Puffinus puffinus (74292) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Puffinus nativitatis (101898) Puffinus nativitatus (210642) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Puffinus sp. (181314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Puffinus puffinus (122311 216954 216955) Puffinus sp. (197957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Seychelles (Aldabra) | Puffinus sp. (192429 192430) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | Puffinus lherminieri (144663) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Puffinus gavia (87814) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Puffinus puffinus (184245) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Puffinus lherminieri (209851) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Gibraltar | Puffinus puffinus (90037 122805) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Puffinus puffinus (197768) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saint Helena | Puffinus pacificoides, Puffinus lherminieri (176071) Puffinus pacificus, Puffinus sp. (194246 194247) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Barbados | Puffinus lherminieri (155059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | Puffinus iherminieri (190744) Puffinus lherminieri (190743) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cayman Islands | Puffinus lherminieri (209852) | |
| Holocene | Solomon Islands | Puffinus lherminieri (209064 209095 209096 209097 209099) | |
| Holocene | Northern Mariana Islands | Puffinus lherminieri (194622 194623 194624 194649) | |
| Holocene | Montserrat | Puffinus lherminieri (194569) | |
| Holocene | Guam | Puffinus lherminieri (208640) | |
| Holocene | French Southern Territories | Puffinus assimilis (194621) | |
| Holocene | Vanuatu (Efate) | Puffinus bailloni (185434) | |
| Holocene | Greece (Crete) | Puffinus puffinus (192961) | |
| Holocene | Saint Helena | Puffinus iherminieri (176076 176077) Puffinus lherminieri (176072 176074 176075 194276) Puffinus sp. (155782) | |
| Holocene | Palau | Puffinus lherminieri (209732 209734 209735 209738 209739 209740 209741) | |
| Holocene | Cook Islands | Puffinus lherminieri (194757 194758) | |
| Holocene | Ukraine | Puffinus yelkouan (215547) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Macquarie Island) | Puffinus elegans (194607 194608 194610) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Puffinus gavia (215381 215385 215388 215395 215416 215583 215611 215615) Puffinus sp., Puffinus gavia (215403) | |
| Holocene | Pitcairn | Puffinus nativitatis (193764 193788 193789 193790 193793 193794) Puffinus sp., Puffinus nativitatis (193762 193763) Puffinus spp., Puffinus nativitatis (193786 193787 193791) | |
| Holocene | Bahamas | Puffinus lherminieri (145366) | |
| Holocene | French Polynesia (Society Islands) | Puffinus iherminieri, Puffinus nativitatis (215325) | |
| Holocene | Bermuda | Puffinus lherminieri (82260 90684) | |
| Holocene | Tonga | Puffinus lherminieri (194752) | |
| Holocene | Marshall Islands | Puffinus sp. (194995 194997) | |
| Holocene | Ecuador (Galapagos) | Puffinus lherminieri (190844) | |
| Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda | Puffinus ilherminieri (215286) Puffinus lherminieri (94615 94616) | |
| Holocene | Yemen | Puffinus persicus (169046) | |
| Holocene | Reunion | Puffinus lherminieri (193992 193993 193994 193995) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Puffinus assimilis (195151) Puffinus sp. (195150) Puffinus spp. (100554 194618) Puffinus spp., Puffinus assimilis (194619 198081) | |
| Holocene | French Polynesia | Puffinus bailloni (198007 198011 198012 198013 198020 198021 198023 198025 198026) Puffinus lherminieri, Puffinus nativitatis (194675) Puffinus nativitatis (194673 198016) Puffinus nativitatis, Puffinus bailloni (198009 198010 198018 198024) Puffinus sp. (198017 231175) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | Puffinus sp. (92733) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) | Puffinus lherminieri (210537 210538 210539 210540 210541) | |
| Holocene | American Samoa | Puffinus lherminieri (193800) |