Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to V. L. De Pietri et al. 2015
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Mayr 2022 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcoidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Elseyornis, Erythrogonys, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Lari, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Peltohyas, Phegornis, Pluvianellus, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Thinornis, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Hakawai Scolopacimilis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), New Zealand (7)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence