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Palaelodidae
Palaelodidae is a family of extinct birds in the group Phoenicopteriformes, which today is represented only by the flamingos. They have been described as "swimming flamingos." They can be considered evolutionarily, and ecologically, intermediate between flamingos and grebes. Three genera are recognised: * †'' Adelalopus'' (Mayr & Smith 2002), called the "stout-legged flamingos" (Borgloon Early Oligocene of Hoogbutsel, Belgium) ** †'' Adelalopus hoogbutseliensis'' (Mayr and Smith 2002) * †''Palaelodus'' (Milne-Edwards 1863) Pliogrus.html"_;"title="'Pliogrus">'Pliogrus''_(Lambrecht_1933)(Middle_Oligocene_–?_Middle_Pleistocene) **_†''Palaelodus_ambiguus.html" ;"title="Pliogrus">'Pliogrus'' (Lambrecht 1933)">Pliogrus.html" ;"title="'Pliogrus">'Pliogrus'' (Lambrecht 1933)(Middle Oligocene –? Middle Pleistocene) ** †''Palaelodus ambiguus">P. ambiguus'' (Milne-Edwards 1863) [''Grus problematica'' (Milne-Edwards 1871); ''Probalearica problematica'' (Milne-Edwards 1871); '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaelodus Ambiguus
''Palaelodus'' is an extinct genus of bird of the Palaelodidae family, distantly related to flamingos. They were slender birds with long, thin legs and a long neck resembling their modern relatives, but likely lived very different livestyles. They had straight, conical beaks not suited for filter feeding and legs showing some similarities to grebes. Their precise lifestyle is disputed, with researchers in the past suggesting they may have been divers, while more recent research suggests they may have used their stiff toes as paddles for swimming while feeding on insect larvae and snails. This behavior may have been key in later Phoenicopteriformes, phoenicopteriforms developing filterfeeding bills. The genus includes between five to eight species and is found across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and possibly South America. However some argue that most of the taxa named from Europe simply represent differently sized individuals of one single species. ''Palaelodus'' was most a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaelodus Gracilipes
''Palaelodus'' is an extinct genus of bird of the Palaelodidae family, distantly related to flamingos. They were slender birds with long, thin legs and a long neck resembling their modern relatives, but likely lived very different livestyles. They had straight, conical beaks not suited for filter feeding and legs showing some similarities to grebes. Their precise lifestyle is disputed, with researchers in the past suggesting they may have been divers, while more recent research suggests they may have used their stiff toes as paddles for swimming while feeding on insect larvae and snails. This behavior may have been key in later phoenicopteriforms developing filterfeeding bills. The genus includes between five to eight species and is found across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and possibly South America. However some argue that most of the taxa named from Europe simply represent differently sized individuals of one single species. ''Palaelodus'' was most abundant during the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaelodus Wilsoni
''Palaelodus'' is an extinct genus of bird of the Palaelodidae family, distantly related to flamingos. They were slender birds with long, thin legs and a long neck resembling their modern relatives, but likely lived very different livestyles. They had straight, conical beaks not suited for filter feeding and legs showing some similarities to grebes. Their precise lifestyle is disputed, with researchers in the past suggesting they may have been divers, while more recent research suggests they may have used their stiff toes as paddles for swimming while feeding on insect larvae and snails. This behavior may have been key in later phoenicopteriforms developing filterfeeding bills. The genus includes between five to eight species and is found across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and possibly South America. However some argue that most of the taxa named from Europe simply represent differently sized individuals of one single species. ''Palaelodus'' was most abundant during the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaelodus Pledgei
''Palaelodus'' is an extinct genus of bird of the Palaelodidae family, distantly related to flamingos. They were slender birds with long, thin legs and a long neck resembling their modern relatives, but likely lived very different livestyles. They had straight, conical beaks not suited for filter feeding and legs showing some similarities to grebes. Their precise lifestyle is disputed, with researchers in the past suggesting they may have been divers, while more recent research suggests they may have used their stiff toes as paddles for swimming while feeding on insect larvae and snails. This behavior may have been key in later phoenicopteriforms developing filterfeeding bills. The genus includes between five to eight species and is found across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and possibly South America. However some argue that most of the taxa named from Europe simply represent differently sized individuals of one single species. ''Palaelodus'' was most abundant during the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaelodus Kurochkini
''Palaelodus'' is an extinct genus of bird of the Palaelodidae family, distantly related to flamingos. They were slender birds with long, thin legs and a long neck resembling their modern relatives, but likely lived very different livestyles. They had straight, conical beaks not suited for filter feeding and legs showing some similarities to grebes. Their precise lifestyle is disputed, with researchers in the past suggesting they may have been divers, while more recent research suggests they may have used their stiff toes as paddles for swimming while feeding on insect larvae and snails. This behavior may have been key in later phoenicopteriforms developing filterfeeding bills. The genus includes between five to eight species and is found across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and possibly South America. However some argue that most of the taxa named from Europe simply represent differently sized individuals of one single species. ''Palaelodus'' was most abundant during the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaelodus Germanicus
''Palaelodus'' is an extinct genus of bird of the Palaelodidae family, distantly related to flamingos. They were slender birds with long, thin legs and a long neck resembling their modern relatives, but likely lived very different livestyles. They had straight, conical beaks not suited for filter feeding and legs showing some similarities to grebes. Their precise lifestyle is disputed, with researchers in the past suggesting they may have been divers, while more recent research suggests they may have used their stiff toes as paddles for swimming while feeding on insect larvae and snails. This behavior may have been key in later phoenicopteriforms developing filterfeeding bills. The genus includes between five to eight species and is found across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and possibly South America. However some argue that most of the taxa named from Europe simply represent differently sized individuals of one single species. ''Palaelodus'' was most abundant during the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaelodus Aotearoa
''Palaelodus'' is an extinct genus of bird of the Palaelodidae family, distantly related to flamingos. They were slender birds with long, thin legs and a long neck resembling their modern relatives, but likely lived very different livestyles. They had straight, conical beaks not suited for filter feeding and legs showing some similarities to grebes. Their precise lifestyle is disputed, with researchers in the past suggesting they may have been divers, while more recent research suggests they may have used their stiff toes as paddles for swimming while feeding on insect larvae and snails. This behavior may have been key in later phoenicopteriforms developing filterfeeding bills. The genus includes between five to eight species and is found across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and possibly South America. However some argue that most of the taxa named from Europe simply represent differently sized individuals of one single species. ''Palaelodus'' was most abundant during the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaelodus
''Palaelodus'' is an extinct genus of bird of the Palaelodidae family, distantly related to flamingos. They were slender birds with long, thin legs and a long neck resembling their modern relatives, but likely lived very different livestyles. They had straight, conical beaks not suited for filter feeding and legs showing some similarities to grebes. Their precise lifestyle is disputed, with researchers in the past suggesting they may have been divers, while more recent research suggests they may have used their stiff toes as paddles for swimming while feeding on insect larvae and snails. This behavior may have been key in later phoenicopteriforms developing filterfeeding bills. The genus includes between five to eight species and is found across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and possibly South America. However some argue that most of the taxa named from Europe simply represent differently sized individuals of one single species. ''Palaelodus'' was most abundant during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megapaloelodus Goliath
''Megapaloelodus'' is an extinct genus of stem flamingo of the family Palaelodidae. ''Megapaloelodus'' is primarily known from Miocene America, from South Dakota and Oregon in the north to Argentina in the south, but the species ''Megapaloelodus goliath'' was found in Europe. Additionally, one unnamed species was discovered in Miocene sediments from Namibia. Due to a lack of skull material, little can be said about the ecology of ''Megapaloelodus''. Species of this genus are typically larger than those of ''Palaelodus'' and appear to have inhabited similar brackish lake environments. Additionally, they may have been capable of "locking" their legs in a standing position. History and naming ''Megapaloelodus'' was named by American Alden H. Miller in 1944 on the basis of a fossil femur and tarsometatarsus collected from the lower Miocene Rosebud Formation of South Dakota. Recognizing similarities to fossils of ''Palaelodus'', Miller described the material as a new genus of phoenicopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megapaloelodus
''Megapaloelodus'' is an extinct genus of stem flamingo of the family Palaelodidae. ''Megapaloelodus'' is primarily known from Miocene America, from South Dakota and Oregon in the north to Argentina in the south, but the species ''Megapaloelodus goliath'' was found in Europe. Additionally, one unnamed species was discovered in Miocene sediments from Namibia. Due to a lack of skull material, little can be said about the ecology of ''Megapaloelodus''. Species of this genus are typically larger than those of ''Palaelodus'' and appear to have inhabited similar brackish lake environments. Additionally, they may have been capable of "locking" their legs in a standing position. History and naming ''Megapaloelodus'' was named by American Alden H. Miller in 1944 on the basis of a fossil femur and tarsometatarsus collected from the lower Miocene Rosebud Formation of South Dakota. Recognizing similarities to fossils of ''Palaelodus'', Miller described the material as a new genus of phoeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megapaloelodus Opsigonus
''Megapaloelodus'' is an extinct genus of stem flamingo of the family Palaelodidae. ''Megapaloelodus'' is primarily known from Miocene America, from South Dakota and Oregon in the north to Argentina in the south, but the species ''Megapaloelodus goliath'' was found in Europe. Additionally, one unnamed species was discovered in Miocene sediments from Namibia. Due to a lack of skull material, little can be said about the ecology of ''Megapaloelodus''. Species of this genus are typically larger than those of ''Palaelodus'' and appear to have inhabited similar brackish lake environments. Additionally, they may have been capable of "locking" their legs in a standing position. History and naming ''Megapaloelodus'' was named by American Alden H. Miller in 1944 on the basis of a fossil femur and tarsometatarsus collected from the lower Miocene Rosebud Formation of South Dakota. Recognizing similarities to fossils of ''Palaelodus'', Miller described the material as a new genus of phoenicopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megapaloelodus Conectens
''Megapaloelodus'' is an extinct genus of stem flamingo of the family Palaelodidae. ''Megapaloelodus'' is primarily known from Miocene America, from South Dakota and Oregon in the north to Argentina in the south, but the species ''Megapaloelodus goliath'' was found in Europe. Additionally, one unnamed species was discovered in Miocene sediments from Namibia. Due to a lack of skull material, little can be said about the ecology of ''Megapaloelodus''. Species of this genus are typically larger than those of ''Palaelodus'' and appear to have inhabited similar brackish lake environments. Additionally, they may have been capable of "locking" their legs in a standing position. History and naming ''Megapaloelodus'' was named by American Alden H. Miller in 1944 on the basis of a fossil femur and tarsometatarsus collected from the lower Miocene Rosebud Formation of South Dakota. Recognizing similarities to fossils of ''Palaelodus'', Miller described the material as a new genus of phoenicopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
