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flamingos and
grebes (Mirandornithes). The foot and wing
anatomy of
fossil palaelodids suggests that they were surface-swimming birds,
rather than grebe-like...
- Manuherikia, a petrel, Accipitriformes, rails, a
possible seagull, herons, a
palaelodid flamingo, pigeons, parrots, a swift, an owlet-nightjar, songbirds, the...
- the
fossil record during the
Oligocene in
Egypt and Belgium,
before palaelodids reached their peak
diversity during the Miocene.
Following this the group...
- been
previously identified on flamingos, but not on grebes. The
fossil palaelodids can be
considered evolutionarily, and ecologically,
intermediate between...
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extinct genus of
palaelodid bird from the
lowermost Oligocene of Belgium. It is the
oldest member of its
family and the
largest known palaelodid from Europe...
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accepted by
Jacques Cheneval in 1983
during a
major revision of the
palaelodids of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy.
Besides agreeing with the
synonymity between...
-
enrightii remains poorly known as only a few
fossils have been found.
Palaelodids are
ancient relatives of flamingos. The new
species from St
Bathans (Palaelodus...
- in Mexico. In 1983
Jacques Cheneval published a
major revision of the
palaelodids of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy.
Besides agreeing with
prior studies that synonymized...
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similarities have been made
between this
genus and Palaelodidae. The
palaelodids is an
extinct family of
Phoenicopteriformes where they have been suggested...
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Smith Early Oligocene Borgloon Formation Belgium Flemish
Brabant A
palaelodid Type
species A.
hoogbutseliensis Aegialornis germanicus Valid Sp. nov...