Aves - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1895. On Cyphornis, an extinct genus of birds. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9:449-452

Parent taxon: Pelagornithidae according to M. Cenizo et al. 2015

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1895, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Wemore 1928, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: Caspiodontornis, Dasornis, Gigantornis, Lutetodontopteryx, Macrodontopteryx, Pelagornis, Protodontopteryx, Pseudodontornis longidentata, Osteodontornis

Subtaxa: Cyphornis magnus

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Type: Cyphornis magnus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Carmanah Point (Oligocene of British Columbia)

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