Order Cariamiformes Fürbringer 1888 (bird)

Aves - Cariamiformes

Parent taxon: Neornithes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones 2024, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Mayr and Noriega 2015

Sister taxa: Aequornithes, Alectromorphae, Cathartiformes, Colymbomorphae, Coraciomorphae, Eurypygiformes, Galbuliformes, Leptosomiformes, Lonchodytes pterygius, Mesitornithiformes, Neognathae, Odontognathae, Otidiformes, Palaeognathae, Pelargomorphae, Phoenicopteriformes, Picocoraciae, Pterocliformes

Subtaxa: Cariamidae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Montehermosan of Argentina (4 collections)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Chile (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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