Aves - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Full reference: S. M. Aslanova and N. I. Burchak-Abramowich. 1982. The first and unique find of the fossil of Perekishkul toothed bird in the territory of USSR and in the Asiatic continent. Sakartvelos SSR Mecnierebata Akademils Macne. Biologiis Seria 8(6):406-412
Parent taxon: Pelagornithidae according to S. L. Olson 1985
See also Aslanova and Burchak-Abramowich 1982 and Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Cyphornis, Dasornis, Gigantornis, Lutetodontopteryx, Macrodontopteryx, Pelagornis, Protodontopteryx, Pseudodontornis longidentata, Osteodontornis
Subtaxa: Caspiodontornis kobystanicus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Perekishkyul (Oligocene of Azerbaijan)
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