| Phoenicopterus minutus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Phoenicopteridae |
| Genus: | Phoenicopterus |
| Species: | †P. minutus
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| †Phoenicopterus minutus Howard, 1955
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Phoenicopterus minutus is an extinct species of flamingo which inhabited California during the Late Pleistocene. It was originally discovered in San Bernardino County, California in the Lake Manix beds, where it coexisted with a second, larger flamingo species.[1][2][3]
- ^ Howard, H. (1955). "Fossil Birds from Manix Lake California: Descriptions of late Pleistocene bira remains, including a new species of flamingo" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional Paper. 264: 199–205.
- ^ Reynolds, R.E. (2018). "Fishing for fossils along the course of the Mojave River.". Against the Current, the Mojave River from Sink to Source, Desert Symposium Field Guide and Proceedings (PDF). pp. 48–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2023.
- ^ Miller, A.H. (1963). "The fossil flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65 (4): 289–299.