Puffinus lherminieri
species · Lesson 1839 · accepted · extant
56 fossil sites · 1 formations · 19 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
5.333–0 million years ago
Found where
19 countries
1 rock formations
Fossil record
56 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 5 million years, from 5.333 to 0 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Puffinus lherminieri was named in 1839 (Lesson 1839) — 187 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 19 countries and 1 named rock formations.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).