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Puffinus nativitatis (Christmas shearwater)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Puffinus nativitatis was named by Streets (1877). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nativitatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Puffinus nativitatis Streets
1992Puffinus nativitatis Steadman and Pahlavan p. 458
2017Puffinus nativitatis Clements et al.
2018Puffinus nativitatis Rigal et al. p. 19
2020Puffinus nativitatis Watanabe et al. p. 695 figs. 11A-C,J-R

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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)
familyProcellariidaeVigors 1825
genusPuffinusBrisson 1760
speciesnativitatisStreets 1877

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.

Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877 [Christmas shearwater]
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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: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) Puffinus nativitatis (101897)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Puffinus nativitatis (101898)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Puffinus nativitatis (194673 194675 198009 198010 198016 198018 198024)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Puffinus nativitatis (193762 193763 193764 193786 193787 193788 193789 193790 193791 193793 193794)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Puffinus nativitatis (215325)