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Odontopteryx
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"Odontornis" redirects here. For the Cretaceous toothed birds, see Odontornithes.
Odontopteryx is a genus of the extinct pseudotooth birds or pelagornithids. These were probably rather close relatives of either pelicans and storks, or of waterfowl, and are here placed in the order Odontopterygiformes to account for this uncertainty.[2]
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Family: | †Pelagornithidae (but see text) |
Genus: | †Odontopteryx Owen, 1873 |
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O. toliapica Owen, 1873 | |
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