Editing Puffinus (section)

===Fossil record===
[[File:Puffinus.png|thumb|Comparison between ''P. olsoni'' and ''P. puffinus'']] 
Several [[fossil]] species which became extinct long ago are also known. The proportion of larger ("Neonectris") species apparently was larger before the [[Pliocene]], i.e. before [[marine mammals]] diversified:
* "Puffinus" group
** Menorcan shearwater, ''Puffinus'' sp. ([[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]]) – possibly extirpated population of extant species; tentatively placed in this group<!-- AnuOrnitolBalears16:3 -->
** [[Dune shearwater]] or Hole's shearwater, ''Puffinus holeae'' ([[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]])<!-- Ardeola51:91; ColoquPaleontol1:627; Ibis144:153 -->
** [[Lava shearwater]] or Olson's shearwater, ''Puffinus olsoni'' ([[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]]) –  tentatively placed in this group<!-- ColoquPaleontol1:627; Ibis144:153 -->
** [[Bermuda shearwater]], ''Puffinus parvus'' ([[extinct]]) –  tentatively placed in this group; possibly synonymous with ''[[Audubon's shearwater|P. lherminieri]]''<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Sangster, G.|author2=Robb, M.S.|author3=Mackin, W.A.|author4=Bolton, M.|year=2024|title=Vocalizations and species limits in the North Atlantic clade of small shearwaters (Procellariiformes: ''Puffinus'')|journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=143 |issue=3 |at=blae008|doi=10.1093/biolinnean/blae008}}</ref>
** [[Scarlett's shearwater]], ''Puffinus spelaeus'' ([[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]])<!-- *Emu94:201 -->
** ''Puffinus tedfordi'' (Pleistocene of western North America)
** ''[[Puffinus nestori]]'' (Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene of Ibiza)<!-- AnuOrnitolBalears16:3; Ardeola51:91; BiochemSystEcol26:145; ColoquPaleontol1:627; *Endins14:95; Palaeontology44:933 -->
* "Neonectris" group
** ''Puffinus'' sp. 1 (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, US)
** ''Puffinus'' sp. 2 (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, US)
* Unassigned:<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Tennyson |first1=A. J. D. |last2=Salvador |first2=R. B. |last3=Tomotani |first3=B. M. |last4=Marx |first4=F. G. |title=A New Diving Pliocene ''Ardenna'' Shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand |year=2024 |journal=Taxonomy |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=237–249 |doi=10.3390/taxonomy4020012 |doi-access=free |hdl=10037/33366 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
** ''?Puffinus raemdonckii'' (Early Oligocene of Belgium) – formerly in ''[[Larus]]''<!-- JSystPaleontol5:1. -->
** ''Puffinus micraulax'' (Early Miocene of C Florida, US) – probably "Puffinus" group
** ''Puffinus'' sp. (Early Miocene of Calvert County, US)<ref name=Wetmore/>
** ''Puffinus'' sp. (Early Pliocene of South Africa)<ref name=Olson/>
** ''Puffinus felthami'' (Pleistocene of W North America)
** ''Puffinus kanakoffi'' (Pleistocene of W North America)
** ''"Puffinus" aquitanicus''
** ''Puffinus antiquus'' 
** ''Puffinus barnesi''
** ''Puffinus calhouni''
** ''Puffinus diatomicus''
** ''Puffinus inceptor''
** ''Puffinus mitchelli''
** ''Puffinus priscus''

''"Puffinus" arvernensis'' (Early Miocene of France) is now considered a primitive [[albatross]] of the fossil genus ''[[Plotornis]]''. Some other species like ''P. conradi'' and ''P. pacificoides'' have been reclassified as those of ''[[Ardenna]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tennyson |first1=Alan J.D. |last2=Mannering |first2=Al A. |date=January 2018 |title=A new species of Pliocene shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338491087 |journal=Tuhinga |volume=29 |pages=1–19}}</ref>