''Pelargopappus'' is an extinct genus of raptor related to the

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that lived in early Miocene France. Only one species, the type species ''P. magnus'' is officially recognized. A second species, ''P. schlosseri'' from the mid-and late Oligocene, was split off into the genus '' Amphisagittarius''. French paleontologist

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examined the bones of the two genera and concluded that the distal ends of tibiotarsi and tarsometatarsi were the same and that ''Amphisagittarius'' should be synonymised with ''Pelargopappus'' and supported the placement of the genus in Sagittariidae (rather than the stork family Ciconiidae). She added that ''Amynoptilon'' was also a synonym.

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