Pelecanimorphae Temporal range: Eocene–recent,
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White pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) and marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in Lake Nakuru National Park. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Feraequornithes |
Superorder: | Pelecanimorphae Livezey & Zusi, 2007[1] |
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Pelecanimorphae is a clade of aequornithean birds that comprises the orders Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes.[3][4] In the past the name has been used as a homonym for Pelecaniformes.
Pelecanimorphae |
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