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Pterodroma (petrel)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pterodroma Bonaparte
1962Pterodroma Wetmore p. 16
1975Pterodroma Olson p. 14
1982Pterodroma Olson and James p. 32
1988Pterodroma Carroll
1991Pterodroma Olson and James p. 17
1997Pterodroma Worthy p. 101
2001Pterodroma Olson and Rasmussen p. 256
2003Pterodroma Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 445
2014Pterodroma del Hoyo et al.
2017Pterodroma Clements et al.

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
Procellariiformes(Fürbringer 1888)
familyProcellariidaeVigors 1825
genusPterodromaBonaparte 1856

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
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, 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

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Pterodroma lessonii (52582)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Seychelles Pterodroma kurodai (194174)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.781 - 0.0Bermuda Pterodroma cahow (194467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Bermuda Pterodroma cahow (194468)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Pterodroma jugabilis, Pterodroma phaeopygia (89311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) Pterodroma inexpectata (87789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Saint Helena Pterodroma medium sp. (194246 194247) Pterodroma rupinarum (176071)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Pterodroma hypoleuca (110072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Seychelles (Aldabra) Pterodroma kurodai (192429) Pterodroma sp., Pterodroma kurodai (192430)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Papua New Guinea Pterodroma sp. (194697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Pterodroma cahow (194588)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Pterodroma nigripennis (194756 194757 194758 194759)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Pterodroma sp. (209066 209067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island Pterodroma pycrofti (194562 194563 194564 194565 194566 194567)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New 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)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Pterodroma hypoleuca (110073 110075) Pterodroma phaeopygia (110077)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of Pterodroma sp. (194651)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) Pterodroma phaeopygia (190846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Macquarie Island) Pterodroma lessonii (194607 194608 194612)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Martinique Pterodroma hasitata (194486)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Pterodroma baraui (194167)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Pterodroma alba, Pterodroma arminjoniana (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Pterodroma spp. (193764 193789 193790 193792 193793) Pterodroma spp., Pterodroma nigripennis (193762 193763 193786 193787 193788)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Pterodroma cookii (215385) Pterodroma inexpectata (215617)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Southern Territories Pterodroma sp., Pterodroma baraui, Pterodroma arminjoniana, Pterodroma macroptera, Pterodroma mollis (194621)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French 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)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bermuda Pterodroma cahow (82260 90684)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Pterodroma cahow, Pterodroma hasitata, Puffinus puffinus (145366)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Pterodroma brevipes (193986 193987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti Pterodroma hasitata (194483)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Pterodroma sp. (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena Pterodroma rupinarum (176072 176073 176074 176075 176076 176077) Pterodroma sp. (194245)