Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Procellariiformes – albatrosses, petrels and relatives

After Olson, 1985, Ericson, 1995, Feduccia, 1996, Mayr, Peters & Rietschel, 2002, and Peterson, 2002-2004, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992

<==o Procellariiformes Fürbringer, 1888 (Albatrosses and petrels; ulappalinnut)
   |?- †Lonchodytes estesi Brodkorb, 1963 sensu Hope, 2002 [Lonchodytidae] [jr. synon. to Graculavidae?]
   |?- †Tytthostonyx glauconiticus Olson & Parris, 1987 E. Paleoc. ENA. [Tytthostonychidae]
   |--o †Diomedeoididae Fischer 1985
   |  |?- †Rupelornis definitus van Beneden, 1871 [nomina dubia]
   |  `--o †Diomedeoides Fischer, 1985 [Frigidafrons Cheneval, 1995]
   |     |-- †D. brodkorbi (Cheneval, 1995) [Frigidafrons brodkorbi Cheneval, 1995]
   |     |-- †D. lipsiensis (Fischer, 1983) [Gaviota lipsiensis Fischer, 1983; ?Rupelornis definitus van Beneden, 1871; Diomedeoides minimus Fischer, 1985; Frigidafrons brodkorbi Cheneval, 1995]
   |     |-- †D. babaheydariensis Peters & Hamedani, 2000
   |     `-- †D. sp. [L. Olig. Germany] [Mayr, Peters & Rietschel, 2002]
   `--+-- Diomedeidae Gray, 1840 [Diomedaedae] (Albatrosses; albatrossit)
      `--+-- Hydrobatidae [Oceanitidae Forbes, 1882] (ulappakeijut)
         `-- Procellariidae Vigors, 1825 [non Leach, 1820?] [incl. Pelecanoididae Gray, 1871] (Petrels; Ulappaliitajät)

<==o Procellariiformes
   |--o Pelecanoidi
   |  `-- Pelecanoididae
   `--o Procellarae
      |--o Oceanitoidea
      |  `-- Oceanitidae [Hydrobatidae]
      `--o Procellarioidea
         |-- Procellariidae
         `-- Diomedeidae

Reference(s):

• Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
  –Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196
• Feduccia, A., 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
  –Yale University Press, Hew Haven, 1996, xii-420
• Mayr, G., Peters, D. S. & Rietschel, S., 2002: Petrel-like birds with a peculiar foot morphology from the Oligocene of Germany and Belgium (Aves: Procellariiformes).
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 22, #3, pp. 667-676
• Hope, S., 2002: The Mesozoic Radiation of Neornithes. 339-388.
  in Chiappe, L. M. & Witmer, L. M., (eds.) 2002: Mesozoic Birds – Above the Heads of Dinosaur.
  –University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 2002, xii-520
• Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
  in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
  –Academic Press, New York. 1985.
• Olson, S. L. & Parris, D. C., 1987: The Cretaceous birds of New Jersey
  –Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 63, pp. iv-22
• Peterson, A. P., 2002-2004: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data of Birds. (Updated: 2004-12-24)
  –iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2005-01-21]
• de Pietri, V. L., Berger, J.-P., Pirkenseer, C., Scherler, L. & Mayr, G., 2010: New skeleton from the early Oligocene of Germany indicates a stem-group position of diomedeoidid birds.
  –Acta Palaeontologica Polonica: Vol. 55, #1, pp. 23-34 [doi: 10.4202/app.2009.0069]
• Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B. L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
  –Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.