Aves - Coraciiformes - Meropidae

Parent taxon: Coraciiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007 and Mayr 2022

Sister taxa: Alcedinidae, Alcedinides, Brachypteraciidae, Coracii, Coraciidae, Coracioidea, Cryptornis, Cryptornis antiquus, Eocoraciidae, Halcyones, Momotidae, Parvicuculus, Striges, Todidae, Ueekenkcoracias

Subtaxa: Merops

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Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Grotte Principale no. 1, Anjohibe Cave (Quaternary of Madagascar)

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