Aves - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae

Alternative combination: Pelecanus halieus

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1933. Pliocene bird remains from Idaho. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 87(20):1-12

Belongs to Pelecanus (Cyrtopelicanus) according to A. Wetmore 1956

See also Wetmore 1933 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 12233, a limb element (radius). Its type locality is Hagerman west 1, which is in a Pliocene lacustrine - large horizon in the Hagerman Formation of Idaho.

Distribution: found only at Hagerman west 1

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