Eopuffinus Nessov 1986 (petrel)

Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1986. Pervaya nakhodka pozdnemelovoy ptitsy-ikhtiornisa v starom svete i nekotorye drugie kosti ptits iz Mela i Paleogena spedney Azii [The first record of the Late Cretaceous bird Ichthyornis in the Old World and some other bird bones from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Central Asia]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiy Nauk SSSR 147:31-38

Parent taxon: Procellariidae according to L. A. Nessov 1986

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aphrodroma, Ardenna, Argyrodyptes, Bulweria, Calonectris, Daption, Diomedeoides, Fulmarinae, Fulmarus, Halobaena, Macronectes, Oestrelata, Pachyptila, Pachyptilinae, Pagodroma, Pelecanoides, Primodroma, Procellaria, Procellariinae, Pseudobulweria, Pterodroma, Pterodromoides, Puffininae, Puffinini, Puffinus, Thalassoica

Subtaxa: Eopuffinus kazachstanensis

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Type: Eopuffinus kazachstanensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zhylga 1a (Paleocene of Kazakhstan)

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