After Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1996, and Bourdon, 2005
<==o †Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888 [Odontopterygidae Lydekker, 1891; Pseudodontornithidae Lambrecht, 1933; Dasornithidae Harrison & Walker, 1976; Gyphornithidae Wetmore, 1928] [Odontopterygiformes Howard, 1957] (pseudotoothed birds; valehammaslinnut) |?- †Caspiodontornis kobystanicus Aslanova & Burchak-Abramovich, 1982; L.Olig. CAs. |?- †Cyphornis magnus Cope, 1894 [Gyphornithidae] E.Mioc. SWNAm. |?- †Gigantornis eaglesomei Andrews, 1916; M.Eoc. WAf. |?- †Osteodontornis orri Howard, 1957; E.Mioc. SWNAm. |?- †Palaeochenoides miocaenus Shufeldt, 1916; L.Olig.-?E.Mioc. SWNAm. |?-o †Pseudodontornis Lambrecht, 1930 [Neodontornis Harrison & Walker, 1976] [Pseudodontornithidae] | |-- †P. longirostris (Spulski, 1910) [type] | |?- †P. longidentata Harrison & Walker, 1976 [=? Dasornis emuinus] | |?- †P. stirtoni Howard & Warter, 1969 [Neodontornis stirtoni (Howard & Warter) Harrison & Walker, 1976] | |?- †P. tenuirostris Harrison, 1985 | `?- †P. tschulensis (Averjanov, Panteleev, Potapova & Nesov, 1991 |?- †Tympanoneisiotes wetmorei Hopson, 1964; L.Olig.-?E.Mioc. SWNAm. |--o †Pelagornis Lartet, 1857 [non Pelagornis Seeley, 1866 (Ornithuromorpha: Hesperornithiformes)] | |-- †P. sp.1 [Lee Creek Formation, North Carolina] [Olson & Rasmussen, 2001] | |-- †P. sp.2 [Lee Creek Formation, North Carolina] [Olson & Rasmussen, 2001] | |-- †P. miocaenus Lartet, 1857 | |-- †P. mauretanicus Mourer-Chauviré & Geraads, 2008 | |-- †P. chilensis Mayr & Rubilar, 2010 | `-- †P. sandersi Ksepka, 2014 `--+-- †Dasornis emuinus (Bowerbank, 1854) Owen, 1870 [taxonomic history] [Dasornithidae] E.Eoc. WEu. `--o †Odontopteryx Owen, 1873; E.Eoc. WEu. |-- †O. sp. nov. 1 |-- †O. sp. nov. 2 `-- †O. toliapica
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