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Pelagornis
Taxonomy
Pelagornis was named by Lartet (1857). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Sulidae by Zittel (1890); to Sulides by Lambrecht (1933); to Odontopterygiformes by Bourdon (2005); and to Pelagornithidae by Wetmore (1960), Harrison and Walker (1976), Carroll (1988), Cheneval (1993), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Chavez et al. (2007), Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads (2008), Mayr et al. (2008), Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers (2010), Ksepka (2014), Cenizo et al. (2015), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Sulidae by Zittel (1890); to Sulides by Lambrecht (1933); to Odontopterygiformes by Bourdon (2005); and to Pelagornithidae by Wetmore (1960), Harrison and Walker (1976), Carroll (1988), Cheneval (1993), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Chavez et al. (2007), Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads (2008), Mayr et al. (2008), Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers (2010), Ksepka (2014), Cenizo et al. (2015), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Mayr (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1857 | Pelagornis Lartet |
| 1890 | Pelagornis Zittel p. 842 |
| 1933 | Pelagornis Lambrecht p. 281 |
| 1960 | Pelagornis Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1964 | Tympanonesiotes Hopson p. 8 |
| 1967 | Tympanonesiotes Brodkorb p. 108 |
| 1976 | Neodontornis Harrison and Walker p. 22 |
| 1976 | Pelagornis Harrison and Walker p. 29 |
| 1988 | Pelagornis Carroll |
| 1988 | Tympanonesiotes Carroll |
| 1993 | Pelagornis Cheneval p. 90 |
| 2001 | Pelagornis Olson and Rasmussen p. 260 |
| 2002 | Pelagornis Mlikovsky p. 83 |
| 2005 | Pelagornis Bourdon p. 587 |
| 2007 | Pelagornis Chavez et al. p. 179 |
| 2008 | Pelagornis Mayr et al. p. 764 |
| 2008 | Pelagornis Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads p. 174 |
| 2010 | Pelagornis Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers p. 1314 |
| 2014 | Pelagornis Ksepka |
| 2015 | Pelagornis Cenizo et al. p. 10 figs. Figure 7 |
| 2017 | Pelagornis Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2022 | Pelagornis Mayr p. 48 figs. Fig. 4.3 |
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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. †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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available