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Puffinus opisthomelas (black-vented shearwater)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Puffinus opisthomelas was named by Coues (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Puffinus (Puffinus) opisthomelas by Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Puffinus puffinus opisthomelas by Hubbs and Jehl (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nativitatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Puffinus opisthomelas Coues
1930Puffinus opisthomelas Hay p. 288
1940Puffinus (Puffinus) opisthomelas Wetmore p. 9
1942Puffinus opisthomelas Miller and DeMay p. 74
1976Puffinus puffinus opisthomelas Hubbs and Jehl p. 421
1992Puffinus opisthomelas Guthrie p. 320
2017Puffinus opisthomelas Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Procellariiformes(Fürbringer 1888)
familyProcellariidaeVigors 1825
genusPuffinusBrisson 1760
speciesopisthomelasCoues 1864

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 opisthomelas Coues 1864 [black-vented shearwater]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:15
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: Rancholabrean or 0.30000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Puffinus opisthomelas (176094 176095)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Puffinus opisthomelas (20639)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Puffinus opisthomelas (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Puffinus opisthomelas (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Puffinus opisthomelas (192635)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Puffinus opisthomelas (59063 120827 120829 125234 125236 176102 215552)