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Diomedea
Taxonomy
Diomedea was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Diomedea exulans. It is the type genus of Diomedeidae.
It was assigned to Procellariidae by Mlikovsky (2002); and to Diomedeidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1943), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1966), Brodkorb (1967), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Howard (1978), Olson and James (1982), Howard (1982), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Howard and Barnes (1987), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Guthrie (1992), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Procellariidae by Mlikovsky (2002); and to Diomedeidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1943), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1966), Brodkorb (1967), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Howard (1978), Olson and James (1982), Howard (1982), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Howard and Barnes (1987), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Guthrie (1992), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Species
D. amsterdamensis, D. epomophora, D. exulans (type species), D. milleri, D. nigripes, D. rumana, D. thyridata
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Diomedea Linnaeus |
1930 | Diomedea Hay p. 287 |
1933 | Diomedea Lambrecht p. 273 |
1940 | Diomedea Wetmore p. 8 |
1943 | Diomedea Wetmore p. 66 |
1955 | Diomedea Brodkorb p. 7 |
1956 | Diomedea Wetmore p. 10 |
1966 | Diomedea Howard p. 2 |
1967 | Diomedea Brodkorb p. 108 |
1968 | Diomedea Howard p. 5 |
1972 | Diomedea Howard p. 3 |
1978 | Diomedea Howard p. 4 |
1982 | Diomedea Howard p. 3 |
1982 | Diomedea Olson and James p. 32 |
1985 | Diomedea Olson p. 124 |
1987 | Diomedea Howard and Barnes p. 3 |
1988 | Diomedea Carroll |
1990 | Diomedea Chandler p. 96 |
1992 | Diomedea Guthrie p. 320 |
2002 | Diomedea Mlikovsky p. 80 |
2017 | Diomedea Clements et al. |
2020 | Diomedea Worthy and Nguyen p. 88 |
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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. Diomedea Linnaeus 1758
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Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux et al. 1983 [Amsterdam albatross]
Diomedea epomophora Lesson 1825 [royal albatross]
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus 1758 [wandering albatross]
†Diomedea milleri Howard 1966
†Diomedea nigripes Audubon 1839
†Diomedea rumana Grigorescu and Kessler 1988
†Diomedea thyridata Wilkinson 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (29 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Burdigalian | USA (Oregon) | D. sp. (216962) | |
Langhian | USA (California) | D. milleri (13297 59059) D. sp. (197289) D. sp., D. milleri (19595) | |
Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | D. sp. (52183) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | USA (California) | D. sp. (121152) | |
Serravallian | Romania | D. rumana (60280) | |
Tortonian | USA (California) | D. sp. (13300 50069) | |
Messinian | Chile (Atacama) | D. sp. (55535) | |
Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | D. thyridata (46167) | |
Zanclean | South Africa (Cape) | D. sp. (176419) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Phoebastria nigripes (52582) | |
Blancan | USA (California) | D. sp. (177992 178008 178013) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | D. sp., D. nigripes (20639) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | D. sp. (190889) | |
Holocene | Australia (Macquarie Island) | D. exulans (194606) | |
Holocene | New Zealand | D. epomophora (198081 198218 198219 198221) D. sp. (195151) | |
Holocene | Antarctica | D. exulans (90111) | |
Holocene | French Southern Territories | D. sp., D. amsterdamensis (194621) | |
Holocene | USA (Hawaii) | D. sp. (110076) | |
Holocene | Pitcairn | D. epomophora (193789) |