†order Gobipterygiformes Elzanowski 1974 (avialan)
Full reference: A. Elzanowski. 1974. Preliminary note on the palaeognathous bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 29:103-109
Parent taxon: Ornithurae according to S. Chatterjee 1991
See also Carroll 1988, Elzanowski 1974 and Kurochkin 1996
Sister taxa: Apatornis, Archaeovolans, Carinatae, Cerebavis, Changzuiornis, Chaoyangiformes, Chaoyangornithiformes, Dromaeognathae, Gargantuaviidae, Guildavis, Hesperornithiformes, Iaceornis, Ichthyornithes, Kookne, Kuszholia, Liaoningornithiformes, Limenavis, Odontoholcae, Odontoholomorphae, Qinornis, Tingmiatornis, Yanornithiformes, Yixianornithiformes
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gobipterygiformes in the database