Aves - Charadriiformes - Turnicidae
Synonym: Turnipacidae Mayr 2000
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Baird 1992, Carroll 1988, De Pietri et al. 2022, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2000, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2022, Mayr and Knopf 2007 and Olson 1985
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcoidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, Charadriisimilis, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Elseyornis, Erythrogonys, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Lari, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Peltohyas, Phegornis, Pluvianellus, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Thinornis, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Cerestenia Ortyxelos Turnipax Turnix
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), Egypt (1), Indonesia (3), Japan (1), Madagascar (4), Mauritius (1), New Caledonia (1), Senegal (1), Timor-Leste (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of France (1)
• Oligocene of France (3), Germany (1)
Total: 28 collections including 31 occurrences