Aves - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Parent taxon: Pelecaniformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Bourdon et al. 2005, Brunet 1970, Carroll 1988, Cheneval 1984, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2011, Mayr 2022, Olson 1985, Olson 1999, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Stidham et al. 2014, Wetmore 1933, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Worthy and Nguyen 2020 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Ardeidae, Cladornithes, Fregatae, Gorsachius, Odontopteryges, Odontopterygia, Protopelicanus, Protoplotidae, Steganopodes, Threskiornithidae, Tigriornis, Torotix, Zebrilus, Zonerodius
Subtaxa: Eopelecanus Miopelecanus Pelecanus
Type: Pelecanus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (15 collections), Canada (1: Quebec), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (6), Puerto Rico (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (26: California, Florida, Illinois, Oregon), Venezuela (6)
• Pliocene of India (1), Ukraine (2), United States (2: Idaho, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Eocene of Egypt (1)
Total: 75 collections including 81 occurrences