Pelagornithidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontopterygiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Subclassis: ? Ordo: † Odontopterygiformes

Familia: †Pelagornithidae
Genera (2): †Pelagornis – †Protodontopteryx

Name

Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888

References

• Ksepka, D.T. 2014. Flight performance of the largest volant bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 111(29): 10624–10629. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320297111 Reference page 
• Cenozoic mystery birds - on the phylogenetic affinities of bony-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae).
• MIDDLE EOCENE PELAGORNITHIDAE AND GAVIIFORMES (AVES) FROM THE UKRAINIAN PARATETHYS.
• PSEUDO-TOOTHED BIRDS (AVES, ODONTOPTERYGIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF TOGO, AFRICA.
• FIRST GIANT BONY-TOOTHED BIRD (PELAGORNITHIDAE) FROM AUSTRALIA.
• PARTIAL SKELETON OF A BONY-TOOTHED BIRD FROM THE LATE OLIGOCENE/EARLY MIOCENE OF OREGON (USA) AND THE SYSTEMATICS OF NEOGENE PELAGORNITHIDAE.
• First record of Pelagornithidae family from Venezuela.
• Latest Pacific Basin record of a bony-toothed bird (Aves, Pelagornithidae) from the Pliocene Purisima Formation of California, USA.