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Pelagornithidae
Taxonomy
Pelagornithidae was named by Fürbringer (1888). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Suloidae by Wetmore (1960); to Pelecaniformes by Matsuoka et al. (1998) and Olson and Rasmussen (2001); to Odontopterygia by Olson (1985), McKee (1985), Carroll (1988), Goedert (1989), Cheneval (1993), González-Barba et al. (2002), Matsuoka et al. (2003) and Chavez et al. (2007); to Galloanserae by Mayr (2008); to Aves by Mayr and Smith (2010) and Mayr and Zvonok (2011); to Neognathae by Mayr (2005) and Mayr (2011); and to Odontopterygiformes by Harrison and Walker (1976), Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads (2008), Bourdon et al. (2010), Cenizo et al. (2015) and Piro and Acosta Hospitaleche (2023).
It was assigned to Suloidae by Wetmore (1960); to Pelecaniformes by Matsuoka et al. (1998) and Olson and Rasmussen (2001); to Odontopterygia by Olson (1985), McKee (1985), Carroll (1988), Goedert (1989), Cheneval (1993), González-Barba et al. (2002), Matsuoka et al. (2003) and Chavez et al. (2007); to Galloanserae by Mayr (2008); to Aves by Mayr and Smith (2010) and Mayr and Zvonok (2011); to Neognathae by Mayr (2005) and Mayr (2011); and to Odontopterygiformes by Harrison and Walker (1976), Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads (2008), Bourdon et al. (2010), Cenizo et al. (2015) and Piro and Acosta Hospitaleche (2023).
Synonyms
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Pelagornithidae Fürbringer |
| 1891 | Odontopterygidae Lydekker |
| 1933 | Pseudodontornithidae Lambrecht |
| 1933 | Odontopterygidae Lambrecht p. 304 |
| 1933 | Pseudodontornithidae Lambrecht p. 305 |
| 1957 | Pseudodontornithidae Howard p. 21 |
| 1960 | Odontopterygidae Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1960 | Pelagornithidae Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1960 | Pseudodontornithidae Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1968 | Pseudodontornithidae Howard p. 9 |
| 1969 | Pseudodontornithidae Howard and Warter p. 354 |
| 1972 | Pseudodontornithidae Howard p. 5 |
| 1976 | Odontopterygidae Harrison and Walker p. 5 |
| 1976 | Pseudodontornithidae Harrison and Walker p. 15 |
| 1976 | Pseudodontornis longidentata Harrison and Walker p. 17 figs. Figs. 11-15; Pl. 5 |
| 1976 | Dasornithidae Harrison and Walker p. 24 |
| 1976 | Pelagornithidae Harrison and Walker p. 29 |
| 1977 | Odontopterygidae Harrison and Walker p. 9 |
| 1977 | Pseudodontornis longidentata Harrison and Walker p. 17 |
| 1978 | Pseudodontornithidae Howard p. 14 |
| 1982 | Pseudodontornithidae Aslanova and Burchak-Abramowich p. 410 |
| 1985 | Pelagornithidae McKee p. 181 |
| 1985 | Pelagornithidae Olson p. 194 |
| 1988 | Pelagornithidae Carroll |
| 1989 | Pelagornithidae Goedert p. 940 |
| 1993 | Pelagornithidae Cheneval p. 90 |
| 1998 | Pelagornithidae Matsuoka et al. p. 246 |
| 2001 | Pelagornithidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 259 |
| 2002 | Pelagornithidae González-Barba et al. p. 723 |
| 2002 | Pseudodontornis longidentata Mlikovsky p. 82 |
| 2003 | Pelagornithidae Matsuoka et al. p. 55 |
| 2005 | Pelagornithidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2007 | Pelagornithidae Chavez et al. p. 179 |
| 2007 | Odontopterygidae Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
| 2008 | Pelagornithidae Mayr p. 1115 |
| 2008 | Pelagornithidae Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads p. 174 |
| 2010 | Pelagornithidae Bourdon et al. p. 4 |
| 2010 | Pelagornithidae Mayr and Smith p. 366 |
| 2011 | Pelagornithidae Mayr p. 448 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 2011 | Pelagornithidae Mayr and Zvonok p. 1348 |
| 2015 | Pelagornithidae Cenizo et al. p. 3 |
| 2023 | Pelagornithidae Piro and Acosta Hospitaleche |
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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.
Fm. †Pelagornithidae Fürbringer 1888
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G. †Caspiodontornis Aslanova and Burchak-Abramowich 1982
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†Caspiodontornis kobystanicus Aslanova and Burchak-Abramowich 1982
G. †Dasornis Owen 1870
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†Dasornis abdoun Bourdon et al. 2010
†Dasornis emuinus Bowerbank 1854
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Invalid names: Argillornis longipennis Owen 1878 [synonym], Dasornis londinensis Owen 1870 [synonym], Neptuniavis miranda Harrison and Walker 1977 [synonym]
Invalid names: Argillornis Owen 1878 [synonym], Neptuniavis Harrison and Walker 1977 [synonym], Odontopteryx Owen 1873 [synonym]
G. †Pelagornis Lartet 1857
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†Pelagornis chilensis Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers 2010
†Pelagornis longirostris Spulski 1910
†Pelagornis mauretanicus Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads 2008
†Pelagornis miocaenus Lartet 1857
†Pelagornis sandersi Ksepka 2014
†Pelagornis stirtoni Howard and Warter 1969
Invalid names: Neodontornis Harrison and Walker 1976 [synonym], Tympanonesiotes Hopson 1964 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dasornithidae Harrison and Walker 1976 [synonym], Odontopterygidae Lydekker 1891 [synonym], Pseudodontornis longidentata Harrison and Walker 1976 [nomen dubium], Pseudodontornithidae Lambrecht 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available