Aves - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Synonyms: Neodontornis Harrison and Walker 1976, Tympanonesiotes Hopson 1964
Parent taxon: Pelagornithidae according to M. Cenizo et al. 2015
See also Bourdon 2005, Brodkorb 1967, Carroll 1988, Chavez et al. 2007, Cheneval 1993, Harrison and Walker 1976, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Hopson 1964, Ksepka 2014, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2022, Mayr et al. 2007, Mayr et al. 2008, Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers 2010, Mlikovsky 2002, Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads 2008, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1960 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Caspiodontornis, Cyphornis, Dasornis, Gigantornis, Lutetodontopteryx, Macrodontopteryx, Protodontopteryx, Pseudodontornis longidentata, Osteodontornis
Subtaxa: Pelagornis chilensis Pelagornis longirostris Pelagornis mauretanicus Pelagornis miocaenus Pelagornis sandersi Pelagornis stirtoni Tympanonesiotes wetmorei
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Morocco (1 collection), New Zealand (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Chile (4), France (2), New Zealand (1), Peru (4), Portugal (1), United States (3: South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (3: South Carolina)
• Eocene of Western Sahara (1)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences
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