Family Ramphastidae Vigors 1825 (bird)
Aves - Piciformes - Ramphastidae
Parent taxon: Piciformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Mayr 2022
Sister taxa: Lybiidae, Megalaimidae, Pici, Picidae, Picoidae, Pristineanis, Semnornithidae, Sylphornithidae
Subtaxa: Aulacorhynchus Pogoniulus Pteroglossus Ramphastos Trachyphonus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Paso de la Amada (Quaternary of Mexico)