After Olson, 1985, Ericson, 1995, Feduccia, 1996, and Mayr & Smith, 2012, with Recent species from Peterson, 2002-2004, and 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
| `--o †Rupelornis van Beneden, 1871 [taxonomic history]
| |-- †R. definitus van Beneden, 1871 [taxonomic history]
| |-- †R. babaheydariensis (Peters & Hamedani, 2000); Mayr & Smith, 2012 [taxonomic history]
| `-- †R. sp. [L.Olig. Germany] [(Mayr, Peters & Rietschel, 2002) Mayr & Smith, 2012] [taxonomic history]
`--+-- Diomedeidae Gray, 1840 [Diomedaedae] (Albatrosses; albatrossit)
`--+-- Procellariidae Vigors, 1825 [non Leach, 1820?] (Petrels; Ulappaliitajät)
`--+-- Hydrobatidae [Oceanitidae Forbes, 1882] (ulappakeijut)
`--o Pelecanoididae Gray,1871
`--o Pelecanoides Lacépède, 1799 (Diving Petrels; myrskysukeltajat)
|-- †P. sp.
|-- P. garnotii (Lesson, 1828) (perunmyrskysukeltaja)
|-- P. magellani (Mathews, 1912) (sepelmyrskysukeltaja)
|-- P. georgicus Murphy & Harper, 1916 (pikkumyrskysukeltaja)
`--o P. urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) (myrskysukeltaja)
|-- P. u. berard (Gaimard, 1823) (Falkland Diving Petrel)
|-- P. u. chathamensis Murphy & Harper, 1916 [<Chatham Islands>]
|-- P. u. coppingeri Mathews, 1912
|-- P. u. dacunhae Nicoll, 1906
|-- P. u. exsul Salvin, 1896 (Kerguelen Diving Petrel)
`-- P. u. urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) (Common Diving Petrel)
After Olson, 1985, Ericson, 1995, Feduccia, 1996, and Mayr, Peters & Rietschel, 2002
<==o Procellariiformes
|?- †Lonchodytes
|?-o †Tytthostonychidae
| `-- †Tytthostonyx
|--o †Diomedeoididae Fischer 1985
| `-- †Diomedeoides Fischer, 1985
`--+-- Diomedeidae
`--+-- Hydrobatidae
`-- Procellariidae [incl. Pelecanoididae]
|
After Livezey & Zusi, 2007
<==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
- Mayr, G. & Smith, T., 2012: Phylogenetic affinities and taxonomy of the Oligocene Diomedeoididae, and the basal divergences amongst extant procellariiform birds.
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- 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.
