Definition of Ossifraga gigantea. Meaning of Ossifraga gigantea. Synonyms of Ossifraga gigantea

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Definition of Ossifraga gigantea

Ossifraga gigantea
Fulmar Ful"mar (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See foul, and Man a gull.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariid[ae], allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea).

Meaning of Ossifraga gigantea from wikipedia

- Pachyaena is paraphyletic, with P. ossifraga being closer to Synoplotherium, Harpagolestes and Mesonyx than to P. gigantea. Unlike many mesonychids, Pachyaena...
- Mongolonyx M. dolichognathus M. robustus Genus Pachyaena P. gigantea P. intermedia P. ossifraga P. gracilis Genus Sinonyx S. jiashanensis Genus Synoplotherium...
- larger species of the Early Eocene genus, Pachyaena, such as P. gigantea and P. ossifraga, which, too, grew to the size of bears. Evidence of ****ual dimorphism...
- what is now the southern giant petrel. It replaced the previous genus Ossifraga which was found to have been earlier applied to a different group of birds...
- USGS locality D-1640. Maxillary fragments (USGS 7185). A mesonychid. P. ossifraga Locality SC-348. Trigonid of a right molar. A mesonychid. P. sp. Postcranial...
- M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z †Pachyaena †Pachyaena gigantea †Pachyaena gracilis †Pachyaena ossifraga Pachycondyla †Pachycondyla labandeirai – type locality...
- C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z †Pachyaena †Pachyaena ossifraga – tentative report †Pachybaris †Pachybaris rudis – type locality for species...