†Lutetodontopteryx Mayr and Zvonok 2012 (bird)
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Aves - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Full reference: G. Mayr and E. A. Zvonok. 2012. A new genus and species of Pelagornithidae with well-preserved pseudodentition and further avian remains from the middle Eocene of the Ukraine. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(4):914-925
Parent taxon: Pelagornithidae according to G. Mayr 2022
See also Cenizo et al. 2015 and Mayr and Zvonok 2012
Sister taxa: Caspiodontornis, Cyphornis, Dasornis, Gigantornis, Macrodontopteryx, Pelagornis, Protodontopteryx, Pseudodontornis longidentata, Osteodontornis
Subtaxa: Lutetodontopteryx tethyensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ikovo (Eocene of Ukraine)
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