Palaelodidae
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| File:'Palaelodus ambiguus.jpg | |
| Reconstructed skeleton of Palaelodus ambiguus | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | †Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885 |
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Palaelodidae is a family of extinct birds in the group Phoenicopteriformes, which today is represented only by the flamingos.[1] They have been described as "swimming flamingos."
They can be considered evolutionarily, and ecologically, intermediate between flamingos and grebes.[2]
Three genera are recognised:
- Adelalopus, called the "stout-legged flamingos" (Borgloon Early Oligocene of Hoogbutsel, Belgium)[3]
- Palaelodus (Middle Oligocene -? Middle Pleistocene)
- Megapaloelodus (Late Oligocene - Early Pliocene)
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