Aves - Alexornithiformes - Alexornithidae
Synonyms: Gobipterygidae Elzanowski 1974, Zhyraornithidae Nessov 1984
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1976. Discovery of a Cretaceous bird, apparently ancestral to the orders Coraciiformes and Piciformes (Aves: Carinatae). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:67-73
Parent taxon: Alexornithiformes according to E. N. Kurochkin 2000
See also Brodkorb 1976, Carroll 1988, Elzanowski 1974, Kurochkin 1996, Nessov 1984 and Panteleyev 1998
Sister taxa: Catenoleimus, Enantiornithidae
Subtaxa: Abavornis Alexornis Explorornis Incolornis Kizylkumavis Lenesornis Nanantius Sazavis Zhyraornis
Type: Alexornis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Mexico (1), Uzbekistan (6)
Total: 9 collections including 16 occurrences