Aves - Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3:1-274+
Belongs to Phoenicopterus according to J. Mlikovsky 2002
See also Cheneval 1984, Gervais 1852, Gervais 1859 and Lambrecht 1933
Sister taxa: Phoenicopterus chilensis, Phoenicopterus copei, Phoenicopterus floridanus, Phoenicopterus minutus, Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae, Phoenicopterus roseus, Phoenicopterus ruber, Phoenicopterus stocki
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at St-Gérand-le-Puy (Miocene of France)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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