†Phoebastria rexularum Olson and Rasmussen 2001 (albatross)
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Aves - Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Full reference: S. L. Olson and P. C. Rasmussen. 2001. Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90:233-365
Belongs to Phoebastria according to S. L. Olson and P. C. Rasmussen 2001
Sister taxa: Phoebastria albatrus, Phoebastria anglica, Phoebastria immutabilis, Phoebastria irrorata
Type specimen: USNM 302313
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)
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