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Calonectris diomedea (Cory's shearwater)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Procellaria diomedea was named by Scopoli (1769). It is extant.

It was recombined as Calonectris diomedea by Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).

Subspecies
C. borealis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1769Procellaria diomedea Scopoli
2001Calonectris diomedea Olson and Rasmussen p. 257
2002Calonectris diomedea Mlikovsky p. 81
2017Calonectris diomedea 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
genusCalonectrisMathews and Iredale 1915
speciesdiomedea(Scopoli 1769)

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.

Calonectris diomedea Scopoli 1769 [Cory's 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: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Calonectris borealis, Calonectris diomedea (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Gibraltar Calonectris diomedea (122805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Calonectris diomedea (122309 216959)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Calonectris diomedea (216958)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Calonectris diomedea (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Calonectris diomedea (122311 216955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal Calonectris diomedea (215357)