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Diomedea

Description

The great albatrosses are seabirds in the genus Diomedea in the albatross family. The genus Diomedea formerly included all albatrosses except the sooty albatrosses, but in 1996 the genus was split, with the mollymawks and the North Pacific albatrosses both being elevated to separate genera. The great albatrosses themselves form two species complexes, the wandering and Amsterdam albatrosses, and the royal albatrosses. The splitting of the great albatrosses into six or seven species has been accepted by most, though not all authorities.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2481387https://www.gbif.org/species/2481387
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39693https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39693
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Diomedea
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
-Neognathae
-NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
-NatatoresBaird 1858
-PygopodotubinaresLivezey and Zusi 2007
superorderProcellariimorphae
orderProcellariiformesFürbringer 1888
familyDiomedeidaeGray 1840
genusDiomedeaLinnæus 1758
Scientific NameDiomedea Linnaeus, 1758
Name Published InLinnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Diomedeagenusbelongs to Diomedeidaestated without evidenceLambrecht, 1933
Diomedeagenusbelongs to DiomedeidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Diomedeagenusbelongs to Diomedeidaestated without evidenceChandler, 1990
Diomedeagenusbelongs to Diomedeidaestated with evidenceClements et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (60%)
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Procellariiformes)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Common Name(s) Albatrosses
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomedea

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Diomedea amsterdamensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diomedea antipodensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diomedea chlororhynchus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diomedea dabbenena
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diomedea epomophora
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Royal Albatross50.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Diomedea exulans
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Wandering Albatross20.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Diomedea gibsoni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diomedea leptorhyncha
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diomedea milleri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
316.0 Ma
Miocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Diomedea sanfordi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diomedea spadicea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diomedea thyridata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
17.25 Ma
Miocene
7.25 Ma
Miocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Diomedella Mathews, 1912GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Diomedella
Albatros Lesson, 1828GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Albatros
Diomedia Linnaeus, 1758GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Diomedia
Laysanornis Boetticher, 1949GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Laysanornis
Nealbatrus Mathews, 1912GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Nealbatrus
Diomedaea Lesson, 1825GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Diomedaea
Albatrus Brisson, 1760GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Albatrus
Diomaedea Lesson, 1831GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Diomaedea
Penthirenia Boetticher, 1949GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Penthirenia
Galapagornis Boetticher, 1949GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Galapagornis
Julietata Mathews, 1943GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Julietata
Thalassogeron Baird, Brewer & Ridgway, 1884GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Thalassogeron
Diomedoea Lartet, 1855GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Diomedoea
Rhothonia Murphy, 1917GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Rhothonia
Thalassiarche Sundevall, 1873GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Thalassiarche
Albatrossa Brünnich, 1772GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae : Albatrossa

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1758Diomedea Linnaeus
1933Diomedea Lambrecht p. 273
1955Diomedea Brodkorb p. 7
1966Diomedea Howard p. 2
1967Diomedea Brodkorb p. 108
1968Diomedea Howard p. 5
1972Diomedea Howard p. 3
1978Diomedea Howard p. 4
YearName and Author
1982Diomedea Howard p. 3
1982Diomedea Olson and James p. 32
1985Diomedea Olson p. 124
1987Diomedea Howard and Barnes p. 3
1988Diomedea Carroll
1990Diomedea Chandler p. 96
1992Diomedea Guthrie p. 320
2017Diomedea Clements et al.

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Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024
Brodkorb P. (1955) The avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation, Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations 14, 1-57
Howard H. (1966) Additional avian records form the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California, Contributions in Science 114, 1-11
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Olson S. L. (1985) Early Pliocene Procellariformes (Aves) from Langebaanweg, south-western Cape Province, South Africa, Annals of the South African Museum 95 3, 123-145
Howard H., Barnes L. G. (1987) Middle Miocene marine birds from the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains, Orange County, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 383, 1-9
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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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