Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to V. L. De Pietri et al. 2016
See also Bochenski et al. 2019, Brodkorb 1963, Brunet 1970, Cheneval 1993, De Pietri et al. 2018, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Mayr 2022, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Wetmore 1960 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcoidae, Burhinidae, Charadriisimilis, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Elseyornis, Erythrogonys, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Lari, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Peltohyas, Phegornis, Pluvianellus, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Thinornis, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Cherevychnavis Chionoidea Ibidorhynchidae Pluvianellidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection)
• Miocene of France (1), New Zealand (4), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence