Palaelodus pledgei
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Palaelodus pledgei Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phoenicopteriformes |
| Family: | Palaelodidae |
| Genus: | Palaelodus |
| Species: | P. pledgei |
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Palaelodus pledgei Baird & Vickers-Rich, 1998 |
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Palaelodus pledgei is an extinct species of long-legged waterbird, a small palaelodid from the Oligo-Miocene of Australia. It was described from fossil material (a proximal right tarsometatarsus and a distal right tibiotarsus) collected from Lake Palankarinna in the Lake Eyre Basin in north-eastern South Australia.
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