Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Alternative combination: Puffinus holei
Full reference: C. A. Walker, G. M. Wragg, and C. J. O. Harrison. 1990. A new shearwater from the Pleistocene of the Canary Islands and its bearing on the evolution of certain Puffinus shearwaters. Historical Biology 3:203-224
Belongs to Puffinus according to G. Sangster et al. 2002
See also Mlikovsky 2002 and Walker et al. 1990
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 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: BMNH A5861, a skull. Its type locality is Jandia Penninsula, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in Spain.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Spain (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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