Calonectris wingatei Olson 2008 (shearwater)

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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