Family Sternidae Bonaparte 1838 (tern)
Aves - Charadriiformes - Sternidae
Alternative spelling: Sterninae
Parent taxon: Laromorphae according to G. Mayr 2022
See also Chandler 1990, De Pietri et al. 2011, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Smith 2011, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Laricola, Laricolidae, Sternalara
Subtaxa: Phaetusa
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of American Samoa (1 collection), Brazil (1), French Polynesia (1), Italy (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Micronesia (2), Solomon Islands (11), Spain (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence