Reptilia - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae

Full reference: R. M. Chandler. 1990. Fossil birds of the San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, Blancan, San Diego County, California. Ornithological Monographs 44:73-161

Belongs to Puffinus according to R. M. Chandler 1990

Sister taxa: Puffinus barnesi, Puffinus calhouni, Puffinus conradi, Puffinus diatomicus, Puffinus felthami, Puffinus gavia, Puffinus gravis, Puffinus griseus, Puffinus huttoni, Puffinus inceptor, Puffinus kanakoffi, Puffinus lherminieri, Puffinus mcgalli, Puffinus mitchelli, Puffinus nestori, Puffinus pacificoides, Puffinus pacificus, Puffinus priscus, Puffinus puffinus, Puffinus raemdonckii, Puffinus tedfordi, Puffinus tenuirostris

Type specimen: SDSNH 25298/2971-A, a limb element (right humerus)

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore