Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Alternative combinations: Ardenna conradi, Puffinus (Ardenna) conradi
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1870. Notice of some fossil birds, from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the United States. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 2 49(145):205-217
Belongs to Puffinus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Case 1904, Case 1904, Hay 1902, Howard 1972, Jefferson 1991, Lambrecht 1933, Olson 1985, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Puffinus (Puffinus), Puffinus antiquus, Puffinus aquitanicus, Puffinus assimilis, Puffinus bailloni, Puffinus barnesi, Puffinus calhouni, Puffinus eyermani, Puffinus felthami, Puffinus gavia, Puffinus holeae, Puffinus huttoni, Puffinus inceptor, Puffinus kanakoffi, Puffinus lherminieri, Puffinus micraulax, Puffinus mitchelli, Puffinus nativitatis, Puffinus nestori, Puffinus opisthomelas, Puffinus pacificoides, Puffinus parvus, Puffinus persicus, Puffinus priscus, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus spelaeus, Puffinus tedfordi, Puffinus yelkouan
Type specimen: ANSP 13360, a set of limb elements (left humerus, right ulna). Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at James T. Thomas estate
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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