Odontopteryx

Odontopteryx; Temporal range: Late Paleocene - Late Eocene, 56.8–40.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skull and hind part of jaws
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	†Odontopterygiformes
Family:	†Pelagornithidae (but see text)
Genus:	†Odontopteryx; Owen, 1873
Species
	O. toliapica Owen, 1873; and see text
Synonyms
	; Genus-level:; "Odontornis" Owen, 1873 (nomen nudum) Species-level:; Neptuniavis minor Harrison & C.A.Walker, 1977

Odontopteryx is a genus of the extinct pseudotooth birds or pelagornithids. These were probably rather close relatives of either pelicans and storks, or of waterfowl, and are here placed in the order Odontopterygiformes to account for this uncertainty.^[2]

^ Brodkorb (1963: p.262), Mayr (2008)
^ Bourdon (2005), Mayr (2009: p.59)

[1] Brodkorb (1963: p.262), Mayr (2008)

[Bourdon_2005,_Mayr_2009:_p.59-2] Bourdon (2005), Mayr (2009: p.59)

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