Suborder Phoenicopteri Furbringer (bird)
Parent taxon: Ciconiiformes according to P. Brodkorb 1963
See also Brunet 1970, Jaekel 1911, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Wetmore 1960 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Ardeoidae, Ciconiae, Ciconiidae, Ciconiopsis, Eocathartes, Ibididoidae, Lophiornis, Phoenicopteroidea, Plataleoidae, Sanshuiornis, Scopi, Scopidae, Xenerodiopidae
Subtaxa: Agnopteridae Scaniornithidae Torotigidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Labordé, Auxerre region, Paris Basin, Yonne (Cretaceous of France)