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Ardenna tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Procellaria tenuirostris was named by Temminck (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ardenna tenuirostris by Clements et al. (2017); it was recombined as Puffinus tenuirostris by Worthy (1998), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Tennyson and Scofield (2013) and Watanabe et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Procellaria tenuirostris Temminck
1998Puffinus tenuirostris Worthy p. 95
2001Puffinus tenuirostris Olson and Rasmussen p. 258
2003Puffinus tenuirostris Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 445
2013Puffinus tenuirostris Tennyson and Scofield
2017Ardenna tenuirostris Clements et al.
2020Puffinus tenuirostris Watanabe et al. p. 693 figs. 10F,G,J-M,O-R,U,V,Y-D',G',H'

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
Procellariiformes(Fürbringer 1888)
familyProcellariidaeVigors 1825
genusArdennaReichenbach 1853
speciestenuirostris(Temminck 1823)

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.

Ardenna tenuirostris Temminck 1823 [short-tailed 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: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Puffinus tenuirostris (52582)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Puffinus tenuirostris (176096)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Puffinus tenuirostris (101898 195045 210642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Puffinus tenuirostris (120827 120828 125236 176102)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Puffinus tenuirostris (100554 195150)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Macquarie Island) Puffinus tenuirostris (194607)