Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Alternative combination: Puffinus (Puffinus) kanakoffi
Full reference: H. Howard. 1949. New avian records for the Pliocene of California. Carnegie Instuitution of California 584:179-200
Belongs to Puffinus according to H. Howard 1972
See also Howard 1949, Miller 1956, Miller and Bowman 1958 and Wetmore 1956
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 lherminieri, Puffinus micraulax, Puffinus mitchelli, Puffinus nativitatis, Puffinus nestori, Puffinus opisthomelas, Puffinus pacificoides, Puffinus parvus, Puffinus persicus, Puffinus priscus, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus spelaeus, Puffinus tedfordi, Puffinus yelkouan
Type specimen: LACM 2122/1080, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus)
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (7: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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