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Phoebastria

Reptilia - Diomedeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Phoebastria Reichenbach
2014Phoebastria del Hoyo et al.
2017Phoebastria Clements et al.
2020Phoebastria Watanabe et al. p. 7

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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
genusPhoebastriaReichenbach 1853

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. 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
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: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Diomedea californica (59059 74629 197289)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) Diomedea anglica (122350)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Diomedea californica (13300)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) P. anglica, P. albatrus, P. immutabilis, P. rexularum (52582)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Diomedea howardae (177608 177992 177995 178004 178010 178016 178017 178018 178019)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan P. albatrus (79697)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) P. albatrus (176093 176094)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) P. albatrus (101897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Diomedea albatrus (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) P. albatrus (195048 195049)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda P. albatrus (94308 122305 194469 194470)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Diomedea albatrus (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Diomedea albatrus (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Diomedea albatrus (59063 120827 125234 125235 125236) P. albatrus (176102 215552)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Diomedea albatrus (194880) P. albatrus (194908 239418)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Diomedea albatrus (177178 177179) P. albatrus (70585)