Phoebastria Reichenbach 1853 (albatross)

Aves - Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae

Parent taxon: Diomedeidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Watanabe et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Aldiomedes, Diomedavus, Diomedea, Notoleptos, Phoebetria, Thalassarche, Tydea

Subtaxa: Phoebastria albatrus Phoebastria anglica Phoebastria immutabilis Phoebastria irrorata Phoebastria rexularum

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (4 collections), Japan (2), United States (19: Alaska, California, Florida)

• Blancan of United States (9: California)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of United States (5: California, Florida)

Total: 40 collections including 43 occurrences

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