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Phoenicopteriformes
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Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes (Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPhoenicopteriformes
Phoenicopteriformes es un orden de aves acuáticas neognatas que incluye a los actuales flamencos y sus parientes extintos. Juncitarsus merkeli.
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Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes (Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes.
== Fossil record == Flamingos and their relatives are well attested in the fossil record, with the first unequivocal member of the Phoenicopteridae, Elornis, known from the late Eocene epoch.