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 | |
Phoeniconotius is an extinct genus of flamingo that lived in Australia from the late Oligocene to the early Miocene.