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Palaelodidae (swimming flamingo)
Taxonomy
Paloelodidae was named by Stejneger (1885) [Stejnger (1885) originally spelled the family name (based on the genus Palaelodus) Palaelodontidae. Brodkorb (1961) corrected this to Palaelodidae based on etymology of genus name.].
It was misspelled as Palaelodidae by Howard (1972); it was corrected as Palaelodidae by Wetmore (1960), Brodkorb (1961), Cheneval (1984), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Sangster (2005), Mayr (2005), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), Worthy et al. (2010) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Phoenicopteri by Wetmore (1956) and Wetmore (1960); to Phoenicopteriformes by Mayr (2005); and to Phoenicopteriformes by Howard (1955), Brodkorb (1961), Howard (1972), Cheneval (1984), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Sangster (2005), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), Worthy et al. (2010) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was misspelled as Palaelodidae by Howard (1972); it was corrected as Palaelodidae by Wetmore (1960), Brodkorb (1961), Cheneval (1984), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Sangster (2005), Mayr (2005), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), Worthy et al. (2010) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Phoenicopteri by Wetmore (1956) and Wetmore (1960); to Phoenicopteriformes by Mayr (2005); and to Phoenicopteriformes by Howard (1955), Brodkorb (1961), Howard (1972), Cheneval (1984), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Sangster (2005), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), Worthy et al. (2010) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Paloelodidae Stejneger p. 23 |
| 1955 | Paloelodidae Howard p. 23 |
| 1956 | Paloelodidae Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1960 | Palaelodidae Wetmore p. 25 |
| 1961 | Palaelodidae Brodkorb |
| 1972 | Palaelodidae Howard p. 8 |
| 1984 | Palaelodidae Cheneval p. 90 |
| 2004 | Palaelodidae Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 305 |
| 2005 | Palaelodidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2005 | Palaelodidae Sangster p. 613 |
| 2008 | Palaelodidae Mourer-Chauviré |
| 2010 | Palaelodidae Worthy et al. |
| 2020 | Palaelodidae Worthy and Nguyen p. 81 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Palaelodidae Stejneger 1885 [swimming flamingo]
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G. †Megapaloelodus Miller 1944
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†Megapaloelodus connectens Miller 1944
†Megapaloelodus opsigonus Brodkorb 1961 [flamingo]
†Megapaloelodus peiranoi Agnolín 2009
G. †Palaelodus Milne-Edwards 1863
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†Palaelodus ambiguus Milne-Edwards 1871
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Invalid names: Grus miocenicus Grigorescu and Kessler 1977 [synonym], Grus problematica Milne-Edwardsq 1871 [synonym], Palaelodus minutus Milne-Edwards 1871 [synonym]
†Palaelodus aotearoa Worthy et al. 2010
†Palaelodus crassipes Milne-Edwards 1871
†Palaelodus goliath Milne-Edwards 1871
†Palaelodus gracilipes Milne-Edwards 1863
†Palaelodus pledgei Baird and Vickers-Rich 1998
†Palaelodus steinheimensis Fraas 1870
†Palaelodus wilsoni Baird and Vickers-Rocj 1998
Invalid names: Probalearica Lambrecht 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available