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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Phoenicopteridae |
| Genus: | †Phoeniconotius Miller, 1963 |
| Species: | †P. eyrensis
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| †Phoeniconotius eyrensis Miller, 1963
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Phoeniconotius is an extinct genus of flamingo that lived in Australia from the late Oligocene to the early Miocene. Unlike modern flamingos and the contemporary Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae, it was likely less well adapted for swimming and deep water wading. Phoeniconotius was a robust flamingo with bones more massive than those of the modern greater flamingo. Only a single species is recognized, Phoeniconotius eyrensis.[1][2]
- ^ Miller, A.H. (1963). "The fossil flamingoes of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65 (4): 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355.
- ^ Pledge, N. S.; Tedford, R. H. (1990). "17: Vertebrate fossils". Natural History of the North East Deserts (PDF). Adelaide: Royal Society of South Australia. pp. 199–209.