Aves - Procellariiformes - Tytthostonychidae

Full reference: S. L. Olson and D. C. Parris. 1987. The Cretaceous birds of New Jersey. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 63:1-22

Parent taxon: Procellariiformes according to S. L. Olson and D. C. Parris 1987

Sister taxa: Diomedeidae, Diomedeoididae, Hydrobatidae, Hydrotherikornis, Kievornis, Makahala, Marinavidae, Oceanitidae, Pandiomedeidae, Pelecanoidi, Pelecanoididae, Procellarae, Procellariidae, Rupelornis, Rupelornis definitus

Subtaxa: Tytthostonyx

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Type: Tytthostonyx

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Inversand Company marl pit, Sewell (MFL) (Cretaceous to Paleocene of New Jersey)

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