Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Full reference: L. Miller. 1961. Birds from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California. The Condor 63(5):399-402
Belongs to Puffinus according to H. Howard and L. G. Barnes 1987
See also Howard 1968, Howard 1972 and Miller 1961
Sister taxa: Puffinus (Puffinus), Puffinus antiquus, Puffinus aquitanicus, Puffinus assimilis, Puffinus bailloni, Puffinus barnesi, Puffinus calhouni, Puffinus conradi, Puffinus eyermani, Puffinus felthami, Puffinus gavia, Puffinus holeae, Puffinus huttoni, Puffinus inceptor, Puffinus kanakoffi, Puffinus lherminieri, Puffinus micraulax, Puffinus mitchelli, Puffinus nativitatis, Puffinus nestori, Puffinus opisthomelas, Puffinus pacificoides, Puffinus parvus, Puffinus persicus, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus spelaeus, Puffinus tedfordi, Puffinus yelkouan
Type specimen: Univ. Calif. Mus. Paleo. No. 58185, a limb element (distal third of a left humerus). Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill (Mitchell Collection), which is in a Langhian estuary/bay sandstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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