†family Baptornithidae American Ornithologists' Union 1910 (bird)
Aves - Hesperornithiformes - Baptornithidae
Parent taxon: Hesperornithiformes according to A. Bell and L. M. Chiappe 2016
See also Brodkorb 1971, Carroll 1988, Kurochkin 2000, Martin 1984, Martin and Cordes-Person 2007, Martin and Tate 1976, Rees and Lindgren 2005, Tokaryk 1992, Tokaryk et al. 1997, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Brodavidae, Chupkaornis, Enaliornis, Enaliornithidae, Fumicollis, Hesperornithidae, Pasquiaornis, Potamornis
Subtaxa: Baptornis Judinornis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mongolia (1), Sweden (1), United States (3: Kansas)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences