Palaeochenoides Shufeldt 1916 (bird)

Aves - Pelecaniformes - Cyphornithidae

Parent taxon: Cyphornithidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Carroll 1988, Hopson 1964, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr et al. 2007, Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers 2010, Wemore 1928, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Palaeochenoides miocaenus

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Type: Palaeochenoides miocaenus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ashley River (Miocene Marl) (Miocene of South Carolina)

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