| Source Data | |
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| Rank | suborder (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Odontopterygia |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Odontopterygia | suborder | belongs to Pelecaniformes | stated without evidence | Howard, 1968 | | Odontopterygia | suborder | belongs to Pelecaniformes | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Odontopterygia | suborder | belongs to Pelicaniformes | stated without evidence | Goedert, 1989 |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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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 |
| Howard H. (1968) Tertiary birds from Laguna Hills, Orange County, California, Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 142, 1-21 |
| Olson S. L. (1985) The fossil record of birds, Avian Biology VIII, 79-256 |
| Goedert J. L. (1989) Giant late Eocene Marine birds (Pelicaniformes: Pelagornithidae) from northwestern Oregon, Journal of Paleontology 63 6, 939-944 |
| Cheneval J. (1993) L'avifaune Mio-Pliocene de la Formation Pisco (Perou) etude prliminaire, Document Labratorie Geologique Lyon 125, 85-95 |
| González-Barba G., Schwennicke T., et al (2002) Earliest Pacific Basin record of the Pelagornithidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 3, 722-725 |
| Matsuoka H., Koda Y., et al (2003) Pseudodontorn fossils from Japan, with preliminary observations on the maxilla specimen from the Lower Oligocene Iwaki Formation, Fukushima, Japan, Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 7, 47-59 |
| Chavez M., Stucchi M., et al (2007) El registro de Pelagornithidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) y la avifauna neogena del Pacifico sudeste, Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines 36 2, 175-197 |
Odontopterygia
