Family Procellariidae Vigors 1825 (petrel)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39695
Parent taxon: Procellariiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Diomedeidae, Diomedeoididae, Hydrobatidae, Hydrotherikornis, Makahala, Oceanitidae, Pelecanoidi, Pelecanoididae, Procellarae, Rupelornis, Rupelornis definitus, Tytthostonychidae
Subtaxa: Aphrodroma, Ardenna, Argyrodyptes, Bulweria, Calonectris, Daption, Eopuffinus, Fulmarinae, Fulmarus, Halobaena, Hydrornis, Macronectes, Oestrelata, Pachyptila, Pachyptilinae, Pagodroma, Pelecanoides, Procellaria, Procellariinae, Pseudobulweria, Pterodroma, Pterodromoides, Puffinus, Thalassoica
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore