Source Data | |
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Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Pelecani |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Pelecani | suborder | belongs to Pelecaniformes | stated with evidence | Wetmore, 1960 | Pelecani | suborder | belongs to Pelecaniformes | stated without evidence | Brunet, 1970 | Pelecani | suborder | belongs to Pelecaniformes | implied | Carroll, 1988 | Pelecani | suborder | belongs to Pelecaniformes | stated without evidence | Cheneval, 1993 | Pelecani | unranked clade | belongs to Steganopodes | stated with evidence | Bourdon et al., 2005 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (67%) |
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Environment | marine (based on Pelecaniformes) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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Diet | carnivore (based on Coelurosauria) |
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Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution |
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Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
Wetmore A. (1960) A classification for the birds of the world, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 139 11, 1-37 |
Brunet J. (1970) Oiseaux de l'Éocène supérieur du bassin de Paris, Annales de Paléontologie. Vertébrés 56, 3-57 |
Olson S. L. (1985) The fossil record of birds, Avian Biology VIII, 79-256 |
Cheneval J. (1993) L'avifaune Mio-Pliocene de la Formation Pisco (Perou) etude prliminaire, Document Labratorie Geologique Lyon 125, 85-95 |
Bourdon E., Bouya B., et al (2005) Earliest African neornithine bird: a new species of Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the Paleocene of Morocco, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 1, 157-170 |