Name - Pelagornithidae

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:787368 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Pelagornithidae Fuerbringer 1888

• Pelagornithidae Furbringer 1888

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• FIRST RECORD OF FOSSIL BIRDS (PELECANIFORMES: PELECANIDAE AND A PROBABLY ODONTOPTERYGIFORMES: PELAGORNITHIDAE) FROM THE UPPER MIOCENE OF COSTA RICA.
• Diversity of pseudo-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Antarctica.
• Additional Pelagornithidae remains from Seymour Island, Antarctica.
• OLDEST, SMALLEST AND PHYLOGENETICALLY MOST BASAL PELAGORNITHID, FROM THE EARLY PALEOCENE OF NEW ZEALAND, SHEDS LIGHT ON THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE LARGEST FLYING BIRDS.
• Earliest fossils of giant-sized bony-toothed birds (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica.

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