Reptilia - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1930. Fossil bird remains from the Temblor Formation near Bakersfield, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 19(8):85-93

Belongs to Puffinus according to H. Howard 1972

Sister taxa: Puffinus barnesi, Puffinus calhouni, Puffinus conradi, Puffinus diatomicus, Puffinus felthami, Puffinus gavia, Puffinus gilmorei, Puffinus gravis, Puffinus griseus, Puffinus huttoni, 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: CAS 5223, a limb element (distal portion of right humerus). Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, which is in a Langhian terrestrial siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore