Aves - Charadriiformes - Cimolopterygidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Proceedings of the XIII International Ornithological Congress 55-70
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to J. Cracraft 1972
See also Brodkorb 1963 and Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcoidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, Chionidae, Dakotornithidae, Elseyornis, Erythrogonys, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Lari, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Peltohyas, Phegornis, Pluvianellus, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Thinornis, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Ceramornis Cimolopteryx Lamarqueavis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (4: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 7 collections including 11 occurrences