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Palaelodus
Taxonomy
Palaelodus was named by Milne-Edwards (1863).
It was assigned to Phoenicopteri by Zittel (1890); to Paloelodidae by Howard (1955); to Phoenicopteridae by Lambrecht (1933), Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988) and Mlikovsky (2002); and to Palaelodidae by Wetmore (1960), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Worthy et al. (2010) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Phoenicopteri by Zittel (1890); to Paloelodidae by Howard (1955); to Phoenicopteridae by Lambrecht (1933), Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988) and Mlikovsky (2002); and to Palaelodidae by Wetmore (1960), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Worthy et al. (2010) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Palaelodus Milne-Edwards |
| 1890 | Palaelodus Zittel p. 839 |
| 1933 | Palaelodus Lambrecht p. 338 |
| 1933 | Probalearica Lambrecht p. 519 |
| 1955 | Palaelodus Howard p. 22 |
| 1960 | Palaelodus Wetmore p. 25 |
| 1963 | Probalearica Brodkorb |
| 1987 | Palaelodus Rasmussen et al. p. 9 |
| 1988 | Palaelodus Carroll |
| 2002 | Palaelodus Mlikovsky p. 103 |
| 2004 | Palaelodus Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 306 |
| 2010 | Palaelodus Worthy et al. |
| 2020 | Palaelodus Worthy and Nguyen p. 81 |
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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.
G. †Palaelodus Milne-Edwards 1863
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†Palaelodus ambiguus Milne-Edwards 1871
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Invalid names: Grus miocenicus Grigorescu and Kessler 1977 [synonym], Grus problematica Milne-Edwardsq 1871 [synonym], Palaelodus minutus Milne-Edwards 1871 [synonym]
†Palaelodus aotearoa Worthy et al. 2010
†Palaelodus crassipes Milne-Edwards 1871
†Palaelodus goliath Milne-Edwards 1871
†Palaelodus gracilipes Milne-Edwards 1863
†Palaelodus pledgei Baird and Vickers-Rich 1998
†Palaelodus steinheimensis Fraas 1870
†Palaelodus wilsoni Baird and Vickers-Rocj 1998
Invalid names: Probalearica Lambrecht 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Huayquerian or 33.90000 to 5.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | P. sp. (12954 12960) | |
| Rupelian | France (Allier) | P. ambiguus, P. crassipes, P. gracilipes (181646) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Czech Republic | P. ambiguus (61442) P. ambiguus, P. crassipes, P. minutus, P. gracilipes (61441) P. sp., P. ambiguus, P. minutus, P. gracilipes (61440) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Probalearica crataegensis (18586) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (South Island) | P. aotearoa (73690 153884) | |
| Serravallian | Moldova (Chișinău) | Probalearica moldovica (210590) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | P. ambiguus (140471) |