Reptilia - Galliformes - Cracidae
Parent taxon: Galliformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2022, Mayr and Weidig 2004, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Tordoff and Macdonald 1957, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Amitabha, Archaealectrornis, Argillipes, Bumbanipodius, Bumbanortyx, Craci, Galli, Gallinuloididae, Galloidae, Gigantibis, Megapodiidae, Namaortyx, Numididae, Odontiphorinidae, Odontophoridae, Paraortygidae, Paraortyx, Phasanidae, Phasiani, Phasianidae, Procrax, Quercymegapodiidae, Scopelortyx, Sobniogallus, Sylviornithes, Taoperdix, Waltonortygidae
Subtaxa: Boreortalis Cracinae Oreophasinae Ortalis Ortalisinae Palaeonossax Pauxi Penelope Penelopinae
Ecology: volant frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), Peru (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of United States (6: Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences