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Palaelodidae

Synonyms: Paloelodidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Palaelodidae is a family of extinct birds in the group Phoenicopteriformes, which today is represented only by the flamingos. They have been described as "swimming flamingos." They can be considered evolutionarily, and ecologically, intermediate between flamingos and grebes. Three genera are recognised: \n* Adelalopus, called the "stout-legged flamingos" (Borgloon Early Oligocene of Hoogbutsel, Belgium) \n* Palaelodus (Middle Oligocene -? Middle Pleistocene) \n* Megapaloelodus (Late Oligocene - Early Pliocene)
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Genus

Megapaloelodus (2)
Palaelodus (9)

(...) = Species count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0