†Calonectris wingatei Olson 2008 (shearwater)
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Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Full reference: S. L. Olson. 2008. A new species of shearwater of the genus Calonectris (Aves: Procellariidae) from a middle Pleistocene deposit on Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121:398-409
Belongs to Calonectris according to S. L. Olson 2008
Sister taxa: Calonectris diomedea, Calonectris krantzi, Calonectris kurodai, Calonectris leucomelas
Type specimen: USNM 535555, a skeleton. Its type locality is Calonectris Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene foreshore grainstone in Bermuda.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Calonectris Quarry
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