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Puffinus priscus
Taxonomy
Puffinus priscus was named by Miller (1961). Its type specimen is Univ. Calif. Mus. Paleo. No. 58185, a limb element (distal third of a left humerus), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill (Mitchell Collection), which is in a Langhian estuary/bay sandstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1961 | Puffinus priscus Miller p. 399 |
1968 | Puffinus priscus Howard p. 7 |
1972 | Puffinus priscus Howard p. 5 |
1987 | Puffinus priscus Howard and Barnes p. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Puffinus priscus Miller 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Langhian | USA (California) | Puffinus priscus (13297 19595 59059 type locality: 74629 197289) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | USA (California) | Puffinus priscus (121152) |