Name - Plotopteridae Howard 1969

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:159946 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Plotopteridae

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Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Original Description Reference

• A new avian fossil from Kern County, California. Condor, 71 1969: 68-69. [Zoological Record Volume 106]

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Recent Publications

• A new genus of penguin-like pelecaniform bird from the Oligocene of Washington (Pelecaniformes: Plotopteridae).
• A preliminary report on the diversity and stratigraphic distribution of the Plotopteridae (Pelecaniformes) in Paleogene rocks of Washington State, USA.
• A new avian fossil from Kern County, California.
• NEW LATE EOCENE AND OLIGOCENE REMAINS OF THE FLIGHTLESS, PENGUIN-LIKE PLOTOPTERIDS (AVES, PLOTOPTERIDAE) FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE, USA.
• A well-preserved partial scapula from Japan and the reconstruction of the triosseal canal of plotopterids.

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