Aves - Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae
Synonym: Probalearica Lambrecht 1933
Parent taxon: Palaelodidae according to T. H. Worthy et al. 2010
See also Brodkorb 1963, Carroll 1988, Howard 1955, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2004, Rasmussen et al. 1987, Wetmore 1960, Worthy and Nguyen 2020 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxon: Megapaloelodus
Subtaxa: Palaelodus ambiguus Palaelodus aotearoa Palaelodus crassipes Palaelodus goliath Palaelodus gracilipes Palaelodus pledgei Palaelodus steinheimensis Palaelodus wilsoni Probalearica crataegensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), the Czech Republic (3), Moldova (1), New Zealand (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Egypt (2), France (1)
Total: 11 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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