†family Alexornithidae Brodkorb 1976 (bird)

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

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Type: Alexornis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Mexico (1), Uzbekistan (6)

Total: 9 collections including 16 occurrences

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