Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1978. Late Miocene marine birds from Orange County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 290:1-26
Belongs to Puffinus according to H. Howard 1978
Sister taxa: Puffinus (Puffinus), Puffinus antiquus, Puffinus aquitanicus, Puffinus assimilis, Puffinus bailloni, 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 priscus, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus spelaeus, Puffinus tedfordi, Puffinus yelkouan
Type specimen: LACM 42652, a limb element (left humerus). Its type locality is Laguna Niguel, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone/shale in the Monterey Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Laguna Niguel
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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