Aves - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Full reference: W. Davies. 1880. On some fossil bird-remains from the Siwalik Hills in the British Museum. Geological Magazine 2(7):18-29
Belongs to Pelecanus according to K. Lambrecht 1933
See also Olson 1985
Sister taxa: Pelecanus (Cyrtopelicanus), Pelecanus (Leptopelicanus), Pelecanus cadimurka, Pelecanus conspicillatus, Pelecanus crispus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus novaezealandiae, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus odessanus, Pelecanus onocrotalus, Pelecanus proavus, Pelecanus rufescens, Pelecanus schreiberi, Pelecanus sivalensis, Pelecanus thagus, Pelecanus tirarensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pelecanus cautleyi in the database
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