Calonectris krantzi
| Calonectris krantzi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Calonectris |
| Species: | C. krantzi
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| Calonectris krantzi Olson & Rasmussen, 2001
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Calonectris krantzi is an extinct species of shearwater in the genus Calonectris. C. krantzi lived during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch of North America.
Distribution
[edit]Calonectris krantzi is known from the Yorktown Formation of North Carolina.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Olson, Storrs L.; Rasmussen, Pamela C. (2001). "Miocene and Pliocene Birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 90: 233–365.
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