Diomedavus Mayr and Goedert 2017 (albatross)

Aves - Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae

Full reference: G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert. 2017. Oligocene and Miocene albatross fossils from Washington State (USA) and the evolutionary history of North Pacific Diomedeidae. The Auk 134:659-671

Parent taxon: Diomedeidae according to G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert 2017

Sister taxa: Aldiomedes, Diomedea, Notoleptos, Phoebastria, Phoebetria, Thalassarche, Tydea

Subtaxa: Diomedavus knapptonensis

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Type: Diomedavus knapptonensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACM 4510 (Oligocene of Washington)

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