Reptilia - Galliformes - Gallinuloididae
Alternative spelling: Gallinuloidinae
Parent taxon: Galliformes according to G. Mayr and I. Weidig 2004
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2009, Mayr 2022, Mayr and Kitchener 2024, Tordoff and Macdonald 1957, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Amitabha, Archaealectrornis, Argillipes, Bumbanipodius, Bumbanortyx, Craci, Cracidae, Galli, Galloidae, Gigantibis, Megapodiidae, Namaortyx, Numididae, Odontiphorinidae, Odontophoridae, Paraortygidae, Paraortyx, Phasanidae, Phasiani, Phasianidae, Procrax, Quercymegapodiidae, Scopelortyx, Sobniogallus, Sylviornithes, Taoperdix, Waltonortygidae
Subtaxa: Eortyx Gallinuloides Paraortygoides
Type: Gallinuloides
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence