IRMNG - Pelecanidae Vigors, 1825

IRMNG taxon details

Pelecanidae Vigors, 1825

IRMNG_ID

100638 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:100638)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Pelecaniformes

Direct children (9)

Ordering

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Genus Balaeniceps Gould, 1850
Genus Eopelecanus El Adli, Wilson Mantilla, Antar & Gingerich, 2021 †
Genus Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Balaniceps Bonaparte, 1851 accepted as Balaeniceps Gould, 1850
Genus Baleniceps Antinori, 1864 accepted as Balaeniceps Gould, 1850
Genus Catoptropelicanus Reichenbach, 1852 accepted as Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Pelicanus Boddaert, 1783 accepted as Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Miopelecanus Cheneval, 1984 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Protopelicanus Reichenbach, 1852 † (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Pelecanidae Vigors, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100638 on 2024-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

Unverified

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Aves (Class) > Neornithes (Subclass) > Neognathae (Superorder) > Pelecaniformes (Order) > Pelecanidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Pelicans. Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): MF; stratigraphic range: Oligocene (Rupelian)-Holocene (?Recent). Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

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