Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Alternative combination: Puffinus gilmorei
Full reference: R. M. Chandler. 1990. Fossil birds of the San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, Blancan, San Diego County, California. Ornithological Monographs 44:73-161
Belongs to Ardenna according to G. T. Jefferson 1991
See also Chandler 1990
Sister taxa: Ardenna buchananbrowni, Ardenna bulleri, Ardenna carneipes, Ardenna davealleni, Ardenna gravis, Ardenna grisea, Ardenna pacifica, Ardenna tenuirostris
Type specimen: SDSNH 25298/2971-A, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is SDNHM 2971A, which is in a Blancan marine horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at SDNHM 2971A
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