Aves - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Full reference: C. W. De Vis. 1892. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6:437-456
Belongs to Pelecanus according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020
See also De Vis 1892, De Vis 1905, Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1966 and Rich and Van Tets 1981
Sister taxa: Pelecanus (Cyrtopelicanus), Pelecanus (Leptopelicanus), Pelecanus cadimurka, Pelecanus cautleyi, Pelecanus conspicillatus, Pelecanus crispus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus novaezealandiae, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus odessanus, Pelecanus onocrotalus, Pelecanus rufescens, Pelecanus schreiberi, Pelecanus sivalensis, Pelecanus thagus, Pelecanus tirarensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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