Aves - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Synonym: Pseudodontornis Lambrecht 1930
Full reference: H. Howard. 1957. A gigantic "toothed" marine bird from the Miocene of California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology Bulletin 1:1-23
Parent taxon: Pseudodontornithidae according to A. Wetmore 1960
See also Carroll 1988, Harrison and Walker 1976, Harrison and Walker 1977, Howard 1957, Howard 1968, Howard 1972, Howard 1978, Lambrecht 1933, Matsuoka et al. 1998, Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers 2010, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caspiodontornis, Cyphornis, Dasornis, Gigantornis, Lutetodontopteryx, Macrodontopteryx, Pelagornis, Protodontopteryx, Pseudodontornis longidentata
Subtaxa: Osteodontornis orri Pseudodontornis tenuirostris
Type: Osteodontornis orri
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (4 collections), United States (7: California, Oregon)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon)
• Paleocene to Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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