Palaelodus wilsoni

Palaelodus wilsoni
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phoenicopteriformes
Family: Palaelodidae
Genus: Palaelodus
Species: P. wilsoni
Binomial name
Palaelodus wilsoni
Baird & Vickers-Rich, 1998

Palaelodus wilsoni is an extinct species of long-legged waterbird, a large palaelodid from the Oligo-Miocene of Australia. It was described from fossil material (several leg bones) collected from Lake Palankarinna in the Lake Eyre Basin in north-eastern South Australia.[1]

References

  1. 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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