Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1984. Additional avian records from the Miocene of Kern County, California with the description of a new species of fulmar (Aves: Procellariidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 83(2):84-89
Belongs to Fulmarus according to H. Howard 1984
See also Olson 1985
Sister taxa: Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmarus glacialoides, Fulmarus hammeri
Type specimen: LACM 122995, a limb element (nearly complete left humerus). Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, which is in a Langhian terrestrial siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sharktooth Hill Bonebed
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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