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- The Pelagornithidae, commonly called pelagornithids, pseudodontorns, bony-toothed birds, false-toothed birds or pseudotooth birds, are a prehistoric family...
- flying birds to attain greater size, such as pelagornithids and pelecaniformes. The Paleocene pelagornithid Protodontopteryx was quite small compared to...
- between the jaw structure of ichthyornitheans and pelagornithids. The study still classifies pelagornithids as neognaths based on a few post-cranial features...
- Cretaceous And Paleogene Of Antarctica: New Records Of Ratites And Pelagornithid Birds" (PDF). Polish Polar Research. 33 (3): 239–258. doi:10.2478/v10183-012-0014-3...
- Odontopteryx is a genus of the extinct pseudotooth birds or pelagornithids. These were probably rather close relatives of either pelicans and storks, or...
- of the Lee Cr**** Mine in North Carolina (though at least one other pelagornithid is probably represented among this material too). USNM 244174 (a tarsometatarsus...
- tooth-like points on their beak's edges first appearPseudoteeth of pelagornithids do not seem to have had serrated or otherwise specialized cutting edges...
- titanosaurian taxon, currently unnamed. Dasornis D. tolapica Selandian A pelagornithid, or pseudotooth bird. D. emuinus Ypresian Lithoptila L. abdounensis...
- genus of the prehistoric pseudotooth birds. The pseudotooth birds or pelagornithids were probably rather close relatives of either pelicans and storks,...
- upright stance rather than the sprawled legs of modern crocodiles. Pelagornithid seabirds have serrated beaks that resemble teeth and have been recovered...