Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Alternative combination: Ardenna pacificoides
Full reference: S. L. Olson. 1975. Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23:1-49
Belongs to Puffinus according to S. L. Olson and P. C. Rasmussen 2001
See also Jefferson 1991
Sister taxa: Puffinus (Puffinus), Puffinus antiquus, Puffinus aquitanicus, Puffinus assimilis, Puffinus bailloni, Puffinus barnesi, Puffinus calhouni, Puffinus conradi, 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 parvus, Puffinus persicus, Puffinus priscus, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus spelaeus, Puffinus tedfordi, Puffinus yelkouan
Type specimen: USNM 175963, a limb element (left femur). Its type locality is Sugarloaf Hill, site 1, which is in a Pleistocene eolian sandstone in Saint Helena.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Saint Helena (3 collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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