Aves - Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Synonyms: Gervaisia Harrison and Walker 1976, Harrisonavis KaĊĦin 1978
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Phoenicopteridae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1955, Candela et al. 2012, Carroll 1988, Cheneval 1984, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Howard 1955, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Shufeldt 1891, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Worthy and Nguyen 2020 and Worthy and Yates 2018
Sister taxa: Elornis, Phoeniconaias, Phoeniconotius, Phoenicoparrus, Xenorhynchopsis
Subtaxa: Phoenicopterus chilensis Phoenicopterus copei Phoenicopterus croizeti Phoenicopterus floridanus Phoenicopterus minutus Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae Phoenicopterus roseus Phoenicopterus ruber Phoenicopterus stocki
Type: Phoenicopterus ruber
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (2 collections), Madagascar (1), Mauritius (2), Mexico (3), Portugal (1), Puerto Rico (1), Reunion (1), South Africa (1), United States (8: California, Florida, Oregon), Venezuela (3)
• Blancan of United States (2: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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