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Palaelodidae (swimming flamingo)

Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae

Taxonomy
Paloelodidae was named by Stejneger (1885) [Stejnger (1885) originally spelled the family name (based on the genus Palaelodus) Palaelodontidae. Brodkorb (1961) corrected this to Palaelodidae based on etymology of genus name.].

It was misspelled as Palaelodidae by Howard (1972); it was corrected as Palaelodidae by Wetmore (1960), Brodkorb (1961), Cheneval (1984), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Sangster (2005), Mayr (2005), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), Worthy et al. (2010) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

It was assigned to Phoenicopteri by Wetmore (1956) and Wetmore (1960); to Phoenicopteriformes by Mayr (2005); and to Phoenicopteriformes by Howard (1955), Brodkorb (1961), Howard (1972), Cheneval (1984), Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2004), Sangster (2005), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), Worthy et al. (2010) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Paloelodidae Stejneger p. 23
1955Paloelodidae Howard p. 23
1956Paloelodidae Wetmore p. 24
1960Palaelodidae Wetmore p. 25
1961Palaelodidae Brodkorb
1972Palaelodidae Howard p. 8
1984Palaelodidae Cheneval p. 90
2004Palaelodidae Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 305
2005Palaelodidae Mayr p. 318
2005Palaelodidae Sangster p. 613
2008Palaelodidae Mourer-Chauviré
2010Palaelodidae Worthy et al.
2020Palaelodidae Worthy and Nguyen p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderPhoenicopteriformes
familyPalaelodidae(Stejneger 1885)
familyPalaelodidae(Stejneger 1885)

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. †Palaelodidae Stejneger 1885 [swimming flamingo]
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G. †Megapaloelodus Miller 1944
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†Megapaloelodus opsigonus Brodkorb 1961 [flamingo]
†Megapaloelodus peiranoi Agnolín 2009
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 wilsoni Baird and Vickers-Rocj 1998
Invalid names: Probalearica Lambrecht 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Messinian or 33.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Palaelodus sp. (12954 12960)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Allier) Palaelodus ambiguus, Palaelodus crassipes, Palaelodus gracilipes (181646)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Megapaloelodus goliath (70332)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Czech Republic Palaelodus ambiguus (61442) Palaelodus ambiguus, Palaelodus crassipes, Palaelodus minutus, Palaelodus gracilipes (61441) Palaelodus sp., Palaelodus ambiguus, Palaelodus minutus, Palaelodus gracilipes (61440)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Probalearica crataegensis (18586)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Megapaloelodus connectens (17912)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Palaelodus aotearoa (73690 153884)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Megapaloelodus connectens (74792)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Megapaloelodus sp. (59059 197289)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova (Chișinău) Probalearica moldovica (210590)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Megapaloelodus opsigonus (18818)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Megapaloelodus sp. (55600) Megapaloelodus sp., Palaelodus ambiguus (140471)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California) Megapaloelodus opsigonus (13090 45458)