Superfamily Chionoidea Lesson 1828 (shorebird)
Parent taxon: Charadrii according to V. L. De Pietri et al. 2016
See also Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Cherevychnavis, Ibidorhynchidae, Pluvianellidae
Subtaxa: Chionoides Neilus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence