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Pelecanus tirarensis
Taxonomy
Pelecanus tirarensis was named by Miller (1966). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Turtle Quarry, Lake Palankarinna, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine sandstone in the Etadunna Formation of Australia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Pelecanus tirarensis Miller |
| 2020 | Pelecanus tirarensis Worthy and Nguyen p. 89 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Pelecanus tirarensis Miller 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pelecanus tirarensis (51412 type locality: 216700) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pelecanus tirarensis (182002) | |
| Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pelecanus tirarensis (176428 176429) |