Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Alternative spelling: Puffinus (Ardenna)
Parent taxon: Procellariidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Jefferson 1991, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Burley 2019
Sister taxa: Aphrodroma, Argyrodyptes, Bulweria, Calonectris, Daption, Diomedeoides, Eopuffinus, Fulmarinae, Fulmarus, Halobaena, Macronectes, Oestrelata, Pachyptila, Pachyptilinae, Pagodroma, Pelecanoides, Primodroma, Procellaria, Procellariinae, Pseudobulweria, Pterodroma, Pterodromoides, Puffininae, Puffinini, Puffinus, Thalassoica
Subtaxa: Ardenna bulleri Ardenna carneipes Ardenna davealleni Ardenna gilmorei Ardenna gravis Ardenna grisea Ardenna pacifica Ardenna tenuirostris
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of American Samoa (1 collection), Australia (2), Chile (1), French Polynesia (9), French Southern Territories (1), Japan (4), Mauritius (1), New Zealand (10), Pitcairn (2), Reunion (6), Saint Helena (1), Solomon Islands (2), Spain (1), Tonga (5), United States (18: California, Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), New Zealand (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 71 collections including 89 occurrences
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