Pelagornis
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This article is about the Neogene fossil bird. For the Cretaceous genus formerly described as Pelagornis by Seeley, see Enaliornis.
Pelagornis is a widespread genus of prehistoric pseudotooth birds. These were probably rather close relatives of either pelicans and storks, or waterfowl, and are placed here in the order Odontopterygiformes to account for this uncertainty.[1]
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Pelagornis | |
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Reconstruction of a P. miocaenus skeleton at the NMNH. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | incertae sedis |
Order: | †Odontopterygiformes |
Family: | †Pelagornithidae |
Genus: | †Pelagornis Lartet, 1857 |
Type species | |
†Pelagornis miocaenus Lartet, 1857 | |
Species | |
†P. miocaenus Lartet, 1857 | |
Synonyms | |
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