Procellariidae

The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the diving petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes, which also includes the albatrosses and the storm petrels.

Procellariidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
petrelPBDB
Sits inside
ProcellariiformesPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Coelurosauria
Life habit
ground dwelling, solitaryPBDB, for Theropoda
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Theropoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Procellariiformes

Time the record covers

At least 55 million years on record.

The record covers at least 56 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 59.24 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 1 of 756 occurrencesEocene — about 5 of 756 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 3 of 756 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 53 of 756 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 60 of 756 occurrencesPleistocene — about 149 of 756 occurrences60–58 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences52–50 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 2 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences30–28 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences28–26 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences26–24 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences24–22 Mya — about 1 occurrence22–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–14 Mya — about 20 occurrences14–12 Mya — about 9 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 4 occurrences10–8.1 Mya — about 3 occurrences8.1–6.0 Mya — about 6 occurrences6.0–4.0 Mya — about 35 occurrences4.0–2.0 Mya — about 33 occurrences2.0–0 Mya — about 629 occurrences56 Mya11.7 ka60 Mya0 Mya

756 occurrences of Procellariidae on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

756 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

34 formations

Yorktown — 35.36°N, 76.82°WVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°ESan Diego — 32.90°N, 117.10°WSan Diego — 32.75°N, 117.17°WSan Diego — 32.76°N, 117.13°WSan Diego — 32.74°N, 117.05°WSan Diego — 32.63°N, 117.02°WSan Diego — 32.80°N, 117.26°WTemblor — 35.46°N, 118.92°WTemblor — 35.30°N, 118.50°WHillgrove — 45.13°S, 170.97°EMonterey — 33.60°N, 117.70°WMonterey — 34.95°N, 120.14°WMonterey — 34.61°N, 120.44°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.80°WPalos Verdes Sand — 34.00°N, 118.20°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.90°WAlmejas — 28.11°N, 115.18°WPisco — 15.58°S, 74.72°WCalvert — 38.54°N, 76.73°WCalvert — 38.18°N, 76.97°WCalvert — 38.16°N, 76.83°W"Topanga" — 33.66°N, 117.63°WSan Pedro — 33.75°N, 118.28°WBahía Inglesa — 27.17°S, 70.87°WBahía Inglesa — 27.08°S, 70.84°WLa Meseta — 64.23°S, 56.67°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.65°WRosarito Beach — 32.12°N, 116.80°WPungo River — 35.40°N, 76.80°WWaimanalo — 21.30°N, 158.10°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ESanta Margarita — 37.01°N, 122.01°WTangahoe — 39.58°S, 174.28°EModelo — 34.15°N, 118.47°WBohlen — 51.19°N, 12.46°ETaime — 4.32°S, 81.25°WChoptank — 38.46°N, 76.47°W

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The named rock units Procellariidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 10 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 616 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

2,970 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 396 sites for Procellariidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

173 references

Each of the 756 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 161 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Procellariidae

Credit
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Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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