Procellaria Linnaeus, 1758

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 133

Procellaria Linnaeus

430. Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus

Holocene – RJ

Procellariiformes [? in part] – Kneip et al. 1988: 48. Procellariformes [sic] [in part] – Kneip et al. 1989a: 126. “ Procellariidae de grande porte” – Kneip et al. 1989b: 662. “Procellariid remains” [?; in part?] – Sick 1993: 114. Procelleria aequinoctialis [sic] [in part] – Kneip et al. 1994: 48. “Restos de procelarídeos” [?; in part?] – Sick 1997: 178.

Kneip et al. (1989b) reported a large procellariid from Sambaqui da Beirada in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro. It was later determined as Procellaria aequinoctialis by Kneip et al. (1994). The material comprises three bones of at least one individual from the site’s layer I (3,800±190 years BP), two bones of at least one individual from layer II (4,160±180 years BP), and five bones of at least two individuals from layer III (4,300±190 years BP).

Procelleria aequinoctialis [sic] [in part] – Kneip et al. 1994: 48.

Kneip et al. (1994) reported a bone from layer I (3,610±190 years BP) and six bones of at least one individual from layer II (3,960±200 years BP) of Sambaqui do Moa in Saquarema , Rio de Janeiro .