Reptilia - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae

Full reference: H. Howard. 1968. Tertiary birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 142:1-21

Belongs to Puffinus according to H. Howard 1968

Sister taxa: Puffinus barnesi, Puffinus conradi, Puffinus diatomicus, Puffinus felthami, Puffinus gavia, Puffinus gilmorei, 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: LACM 17508, a limb element (distal end of right humerus). Its type locality is LACM 1945, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore