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Oceanitidae
Taxonomy
Oceanitidae was named by Forbes (1882). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Hydrobatidae by Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Oceanitoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Procellariiformes by Olson (1975), Olson and James (1982), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Chesser et al. (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Hydrobatidae by Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Oceanitoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Procellariiformes by Olson (1975), Olson and James (1982), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Chesser et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1882 | Oceanitidae Forbes |
| 1975 | Oceanitidae Olson p. 21 |
| 1982 | Oceanitidae Olson and James p. 33 |
| 1985 | Oceanitidae Olson p. 125 |
| 1988 | Oceanitidae Carroll |
| 2007 | Oceanitidae Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
| 2014 | Oceanitidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2018 | Oceanitidae Chesser 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.
Fm. Oceanitidae Forbes 1882
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G. Fregetta Bonaparte 1855 [storm-petrel]
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Fregetta grallaria Vieillot 1818 [white-bellied storm-petrel]
Fregetta maoriana Mathews 1932 [New Zealand storm-petrel]
Fregetta tropica Gould 1844 [Black-bellied storm-petrel]
G. Oceanites Keyserling and Blasius 1840
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Oceanites oceanicus Kuhl 1820 [Wilson's storm-petrel]
†Oceanites zaloscarthmus Olson 1985
Invalid names: Oceanitinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Zanclean | South Africa (Cape) | Oceanites zaloscarthmus (176419) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Oceanites sp. (100313) Oceanites zaloscarthmus (22221 22222) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | Pelagodroma sp. (37207) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saint Helena | Pelagodroma marina (176071 194246 194247) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Pelagodroma marina (100554 194616 194619 195150 198088 198208) | |
| Holocene | Pitcairn | Fregetta spp. (193764) | |
| Holocene | Saint Helena | Pelagodroma marina (155782 176072 176073 176075 176076 176077 194291) | |
| Holocene | French Southern Territories | Oceanites sp., Pelagodroma marina, Fregetta grallaria (194621) | |
| Holocene | New Caledonia | Fregetta grallaria (193986) | |
| Holocene | Antarctica | Oceanites oceanicus (90111) | |
| Holocene | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | Oceanites oceanicus (194620) |