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PHOENICONOTIUS
(fee-ne-kon-o-tus)
Named By: Aiden H. Miller in 1963
Time Period: Early Miocene-Late Oligocene
Location: Australia
Size: Up to 1.5 meters tall
Diet: Filter feeder
Fossil(s): Partial remains of individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Aves | Phoenicopteriformes | Phoenicopteridae |
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Phoeniconotius is an extinct genus of flamingo that lived in Australia from the late Oligocene to the early Miocene.

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