Subfamily Vanellinae Bonaparte 1842 (crested plover)
Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Parent taxon: Charadriidae according to K. E. Campbell 1979
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Lambrecht 1933
Sister taxa: Anarhynchus, Charadriinae, Charadrius, Dorypaltus, Jiliniornis, Oreopholus, Pluvialinae, Pluvialis, Pseudosterna, Vanellus
Subtaxa: Belonopterus Lobivanellus Viator
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Talara Tar Seeps (Quaternary of Peru)