Odontopteryx

Odontopteryx is a genus of the extinct pseudotooth birds or pelagornithids. These were probably rather close relatives of either pelicans and storks, or of waterfowl, and are here placed in the order Odontopterygiformes to account for this uncertainty.

Odontopteryx
Temporal range: Late Paleocene - Late Eocene,
Skull and hind part of jaws
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Pelagornithidae (but see text)
Genus:
Odontopteryx

Owen, 1873
Species

O. toliapica Owen, 1873
and see text

Synonyms


Genus-level:
"Odontornis" Owen, 1873 (nomen nudum)


Species-level:
Neptuniavis minor Harrison & C.A.Walker, 1977

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