Order Trogoniformes Wetmore and Miller 1926 (trogon)

Aves - Trogoniformes

Parent taxon: Trogonomorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Kristoffersen 2002, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2022 and Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: Coliiformes, Sandcoleiformes

Subtaxa: Trogonidae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Haiti (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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