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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	143751	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=143751

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Procellariidae : Ardenna

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
-	Neognathae
-	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
-	Natatores	Baird 1858
-	Pygopodotubinares	Livezey and Zusi 2007
superorder	Procellariimorphae
order	Procellariiformes	Fürbringer 1888
family	Procellariidae	Vigors 1825
genus	Ardenna	Reichenbach 1853

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ardenna	genus	belongs to Procellariidae	stated without evidence	Jefferson, 1991
Ardenna	genus	belongs to Procellariidae	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (70%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Procellariiformes)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Coelurosauria)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. H. Worthy and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2003. Late-Pleistocene avifaunas from Cape Wanbrow, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(1):427-485

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ardenna bulleri species	listed (PBDB)	Buller's Shearwater	2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Ardenna carneipes species	listed (PBDB)	Flesh-footed Shearwater	1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Ardenna conradi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Ardenna davealleni ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Ardenna gilmorei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	4.90 Ma Pliocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Puffinus gravis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Great Shearwater	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ardenna grisea species	listed (PBDB)	Sooty Shearwater	26	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Ardenna pacifica species	listed (PBDB)	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	24	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Puffinus tenuirostris species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Short-tailed Shearwater	10	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Ardenna Reichenbach
1940	Puffinus (Ardenna) Wetmore p. 9
1991	Ardenna Jefferson p. 3
2017	Ardenna Clements et al.
2019	Ardenna Worthy and Burley

References

Worthy T. H., Grant-Mackie J. A. (2003) Late-Pleistocene avifaunas from Cape Wanbrow, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33 1, 427-485

Jefferson G. T. (1991) The Camp Cady local fauna; stratigraphy and paleontology of the Lake Manix Basin, San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 38 3, 93-99

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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