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Puffinus lherminieri (Audubon's shearwater)

Reptilia - Procellariidae

Taxonomy
Puffinus lherminieri was named by Lesson (1839). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nativitatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Puffinus lherminieri Lesson
1962Puffinus lherminieri Wetmore p. 15
1965Puffinus lherminieri Brodkorb
1975Puffinus lherminieri Olson p. 20
1982Puffinus lherminieri Olson and Hilgartner p. 25
1982Puffinus lherminieri Olson and James p. 32
1986Puffinus lherminieri Steadman p. 45
1988Puffinus lherminieri Pregill et al. p. 15
1990Puffinus lherminieri Olson et al. p. 8
1990Puffinus lherminieri Steadman et al. p. 127
1992Puffinus lherminieri Steadman
1992Puffinus lherminieri Steadman and Pahlavan p. 458
1994Puffinus lherminieri Morgan p. 478
1994Puffinus lherminieri Steadman p. 218
1999Puffinus lherminieri Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 5
1999Puffinus lherminieri Reis and Steadman p. 277
2001Puffinus lherminieri Olson and Rasmussen p. 259
2017Puffinus lherminieri 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
specieslherminieriLesson 1839

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 lherminieri Lesson 1839 [Audubon'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, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Puffinus lherminieri (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Puffinus lherminieri (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Puffinus lherminieri (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saint Helena Puffinus lherminieri (176071) Puffinus sp. (194246 194247)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Puffinus lherminieri (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Puffinus lherminieri (209852)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Barbados Puffinus lherminieri (155059)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Puffinus lherminieri (145366)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Puffinus lherminieri (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Puffinus lherminieri (209064 209095 209096 209097 209099)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Puffinus lherminieri (193992 193993 193994 193995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Puffinus lherminieri (194752)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Puffinus lherminieri (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bermuda Puffinus lherminieri (82260 90684)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Puffinus lherminieri (208640)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau Puffinus lherminieri (209732 209734 209735 209738 209739 209740 209741)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena Puffinus lherminieri (176072 176074 176075 194276) Puffinus sp. (155782)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Puffinus lherminieri (194622 194623 194624 194649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) Puffinus lherminieri (210537 210538 210539 210540 210541)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Montserrat Puffinus lherminieri (194569)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Puffinus lherminieri (94615 94616)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Puffinus lherminieri (194757 194758)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) Puffinus lherminieri (190844)