| Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae 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. novaehollandiae
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| †Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae Miller, 1963
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Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae is an extinct species of flamingo from the late Oligocene or early Miocene Etadunna Formation of Australia. It was a large species similar in size to large specimens of the modern greater flamingo, but differed by likely having had a much better developed hallux which is typically reduced or absent in modern flamingos.[1][2]
- ^ Miller, A.H. (1963). "The fossil flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor. 65 (4): 289–299. doi:10.2307/1365355. JSTOR 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.