- The Pelagornithidae,
commonly called pelagornithids, pseudodontorns, bony-toothed birds, false-toothed
birds or
pseudotooth birds, are a
prehistoric family...
-
Protodontopteryx is a
genus of
pelagornithid (pseudotooth bird) that
lived in New
Zealand roughly 62
million years ago,
during the
early Paleocene epoch...
-
Richard Paul (2019). "Oldest,
smallest and
phylogenetically most
basal pelagornithid, from the
early Paleocene of New Zealand,
sheds light on the evolutionary...
-
Columbia Although the
fossil remains of
large marine birds like the
Pelagornithid Cyphornis are
known from the
Sooke Formation of the
Oligocene of Vancouver...
-
Cretaceous And
Paleogene Of Antarctica: New
Records Of
Ratites And
Pelagornithid Birds" (PDF).
Polish Polar Research. 33 (3): 239–258. doi:10.2478/v10183-012-0014-3...
-
flying birds to
attain greater size, such as
pelagornithids and pelecaniformes. The
Paleocene pelagornithid Protodontopteryx was
quite small compared to...
- animals,
including fossils of a
shearwater and the "pseudo-toothed"
pelagornithid Osteodontornis, as well as a
porpoise and fish,
alongside fossils of...
- of the Lee Cr**** Mine in
North Carolina (though at
least one
other pelagornithid is
probably represented among this
material too). USNM 244174 (a tarsometatarsus...
-
between the jaw
structure of
ichthyornitheans and
pelagornithids. The
study still classifies pelagornithids as
neognaths based on a few post-cranial features...
-
upright stance rather than the
sprawled legs of
modern crocodiles.
Pelagornithid seabirds have
serrated beaks that
resemble teeth and have been recovered...
