Family Otididae Gray 1840 (bird)

Aves - Otidiformes - Otididae

Parent taxon: Otidiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, De Vis 1892, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933 and Livezey and Zusi 2007

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Afrotis Ardeotis Chlamydotis Heterotetrax Miootis Neotis Otis Tetrax

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Egypt (2 collections), Eritrea (1), France (1), Greece (2), Hungary (2), Italy (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene of Morocco (1)

• Miocene of Italy (1), Kenya (1)

Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences

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