Aves - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Parent taxon: Podicipediformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Alvarez 1977, Bickart 1990, Carroll 1988, Chandler 1990, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Guthrie 1992, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Louchart et al. 2008, Olson and Rasmussen 2001 and Parmalee 1992
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aechmophorus Pliolymbus Podiceps Podicipedini Podilymbini Podilymbus Poliocephalus Rollandia Tachybaptus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1), Bolivia (1), Chile (1), East Timor (1), Finland (3), Italy (1), Japan (3), Jordan (1), Mexico (5), New Zealand (3), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), United States (72: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of United States (13: California, Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), United States (5: California, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Kansas)
• Miocene of Ethiopia (1), Spain (1), United States (4: California, Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 127 collections including 186 occurrences