Pelagornis

Pelagornis Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Pleistocene (Chattian–Gelasian) 25–2.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of a P. miocaenus skeleton at the NMNH.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	†Odontopterygiformes
Family:	†Pelagornithidae
Genus:	†Pelagornis Lartet, 1857
Type species
†Pelagornis miocaenus Lartet, 1857
Species
†P. miocaenus Lartet, 1857 †P. mauretanicus Mourer-Chauviré & Geraads, 2008 †P. chilensis Mayr & Rubilar, 2010 †P. sandersi Ksepka, 2014 and see text
Synonyms
see text

Pelagornis is a widespread genus of prehistoric pseudotooth birds. These were probably rather close relatives of either pelicans and storks, or waterfowl, and are placed here in the order Odontopterygiformes to account for this uncertainty.^[1]