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Pterodroma (petrel)
Taxonomy
Pterodroma was named by Bonaparte (1856). It is extant.
It was assigned to Procellariidae by Wetmore (1962), Olson (1975), Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Olson and James (1991), Worthy (1997), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Procellariidae by Wetmore (1962), Olson (1975), Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Olson and James (1991), Worthy (1997), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
P. alba, P. arminjoniana, P. axillaris, P. baraui, P. brevipes, P. cahow, P. cookii, P. hasitata, P. heraldica, P. hypoleuca, P. imberi, P. incerta, P. inexpectata, P. jugabilis, P. kurodai, P. lessonii, P. leucoptera, P. macroptera, P. magentae, P. mollis, P. neglecta, P. nigripennis, P. phaeopygia, P. pycrofti, P. rupinarum
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1856 | Pterodroma Bonaparte |
1962 | Pterodroma Wetmore p. 16 |
1975 | Pterodroma Olson p. 14 |
1982 | Pterodroma Olson and James p. 32 |
1988 | Pterodroma Carroll |
1991 | Pterodroma Olson and James p. 17 |
1997 | Pterodroma Worthy p. 101 |
2001 | Pterodroma Olson and Rasmussen p. 256 |
2003 | Pterodroma Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 445 |
2014 | Pterodroma del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Pterodroma Clements 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.
G. Pterodroma Bonaparte 1856 [petrel]
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Pterodroma alba Gmelin 1789 [phoenix petrel]
Pterodroma arminjoniana Giglioli and Salvadori 1869 [Trinidade petrel]
Pterodroma axillaris Salvin 1893 [Chatham petrel]
Pterodroma baraui Jouanin 1964 [Barau's petrel]
Pterodroma brevipes Peale 1848 [collared petrel]
Pterodroma cahow Nichols and Mowbray 1916 [Bermuda petrel]
Pterodroma cookii Gray 1843 [Cook's petrel]
Pterodroma hasitata Kuhl 1820 [black-capped petrel]
Pterodroma heraldica Salvin 1888 [herald petrel]
Pterodroma hypoleuca Slavin 1888 [Bonin petrel]
†Pterodroma imberi Tennyson et al. 2015 [Imber's petrel]
Pterodroma incerta Schlegel 1863 [Atlantic petrel]
Pterodroma inexpectata Forster 1844 [mottled petrel]
†Pterodroma jugabilis Olson and James 1991 [Oahu petrel]
†Pterodroma kurodai Harrison and Walker 1978
Pterodroma lessonii Garnot 1826 [white-headed petrel]
Pterodroma leucoptera Gould 1844 [Gould's petrel]
Pterodroma macroptera Smith 1840 [great-winged petrel]
Pterodroma magentae Giglioli and Salvadori 1869 [magenta petrel]
Pterodroma mollis Gould 1844 [soft-plumaged petrel]
Pterodroma neglecta Schlegel 1863 [Kermadec petrel]
Pterodroma nigripennis Rothschild 1893 [black-winged petrel]
Pterodroma phaeopygia Slavin 1876 [Galapagos petrel]
Pterodroma pycrofti Falla 1933 [Pycroft's petrel]
†Pterodroma rupinarum Olson 1975 [Saint Helena gadfly petrel]
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 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 (108 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Pterodroma lessonii (52582) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Seychelles | Pterodroma kurodai (194174) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Bermuda | Pterodroma cahow (194467) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Bermuda | Pterodroma cahow (194468) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Hawaii) | Pterodroma jugabilis, Pterodroma phaeopygia (89311) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (North Otago) | Pterodroma inexpectata (87789) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saint Helena | Pterodroma medium sp. (194246 194247) Pterodroma rupinarum (176071) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | Pterodroma hypoleuca (110072) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Seychelles (Aldabra) | Pterodroma kurodai (192429) Pterodroma sp., Pterodroma kurodai (192430) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Papua New Guinea | Pterodroma sp. (194697) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | Pterodroma cahow (194588) | |
Holocene | Cook Islands | Pterodroma nigripennis (194756 194757 194758 194759) | |
Holocene | Solomon Islands | Pterodroma sp. (209066 209067) | |
Holocene | Norfolk Island | Pterodroma pycrofti (194562 194563 194564 194565 194566 194567) | |
Holocene | New Zealand | Pterodroma axillaris (194616) Pterodroma cookii (194618) Pterodroma imberi (198082 198083 198084 198085 198086 198087 198089) Pterodroma inexpectata (198209) Pterodroma inexpectata, Pterodroma cookii (100554 195150) Pterodroma lessonii (195151) Pterodroma magentae (198172 198189 198190 198191 198193 198216) Pterodroma nigripennis, Pterodroma axillaris, Pterodroma imberi, Pterodroma magentae (198088) Pterodroma sp. 1, Pterodroma axillaris (194614) Pterodroma sp., Pterodroma inexpectata, Pterodroma axillaris, Pterodroma magentae (198081) | |
Holocene | USA (Hawaii) | Pterodroma hypoleuca (110073 110075) Pterodroma phaeopygia (110077) | |
Holocene | Micronesia, Federated States of | Pterodroma sp. (194651) | |
Holocene | Ecuador (Galapagos) | Pterodroma phaeopygia (190846) | |
Holocene | Australia (Macquarie Island) | Pterodroma lessonii (194607 194608 194612) | |
Holocene | Martinique | Pterodroma hasitata (194486) | |
Holocene | Reunion | Pterodroma baraui (194167) | |
Holocene | French Polynesia (Society Islands) | Pterodroma alba, Pterodroma arminjoniana (215325) | |
Holocene | Pitcairn | Pterodroma spp. (193764 193789 193790 193792 193793) Pterodroma spp., Pterodroma nigripennis (193762 193763 193786 193787 193788) | |
Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Pterodroma cookii (215385) Pterodroma inexpectata (215617) | |
Holocene | French Southern Territories | Pterodroma sp., Pterodroma baraui, Pterodroma arminjoniana, Pterodroma macroptera, Pterodroma mollis (194621) | |
Holocene | French Polynesia | Pterodroma heraldica (198016 198017 198018 198026 198027) Pterodroma heraldica, Pterodroma leucoptera (198010) Pterodroma leucoptera (198007) Pterodroma neglecta (231175 231181) Pterodroma nigripennis (231182) Pterodroma nigripennis, Pterodroma neglecta (231176 231177 231178 231179) Pterodroma sp. (198011 198014 198022) Pterodroma sp., Pterodroma alba, Pterodroma heraldica (194675) Pterodroma sp., Pterodroma heraldica, Pterodroma leucoptera (198009) Pterodroma spp. (194672 194673 194674) | |
Holocene | Bermuda | Pterodroma cahow (82260 90684) | |
Holocene | Bahamas | Pterodroma cahow, Pterodroma hasitata, Puffinus puffinus (145366) | |
Holocene | New Caledonia | Pterodroma brevipes (193986 193987) | |
Holocene | Haiti | Pterodroma hasitata (194483) | |
Holocene | American Samoa | Pterodroma sp. (193800) | |
Holocene | Saint Helena | Pterodroma rupinarum (176072 176073 176074 176075 176076 176077) Pterodroma sp. (194245) |