Pelagornis
| Pelagornis | |
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| Reconstruction of a P. miocaenus skeleton at the National Museum of Natural History. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | †Odontopterygiformes |
| Family: | †Pelagornithidae |
| Genus: | †Pelagornis Lartet, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| †Pelagornis miocaenus Lartet, 1857
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| Species | |
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†P. miocaenus Lartet, 1857 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pelagornis is an extinct genus of prehistoric pseudotooth birds, a group of extinct seabirds. Species span from the Oligocene to the Early Pleistocene. Members of Pelagornis represent among the largest pseudotooth birds, with one species, P. sandersi, having the widest wingspan of any bird known.