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| Palaelodus pledgei Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Palaelodidae |
| Genus: | Palaelodus |
| Species: | P. pledgei |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaelodus pledgei Baird & Vickers-Rich, 1998 | |
Palaelodus pledgei is an extinct species of long-legged waterbird, a small palaelodid from the Oligo-Miocene of Australia. It was described from fossil material (a proximal right tarsometatarsus and a distal right tibiotarsus) collected from Lake Palankarinna in the Lake Eyre Basin in north-eastern South Australia.
References
- Baird RF, Vickers-Rich P (1998). "Palaelodus (Aves: Palaelodidae) from the Middle to Late Cainozoic of Australia". Alcheringa. 22: 135–151. doi:10.1080/03115519808619196.
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