Family Todidae Vigors 1825 (bird)
Aves - Coraciiformes - Todidae
Parent taxon: Coraciiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2022, Mayr and Knopf 2007 and Mayr and Micklich 2010
Sister taxa: Alcedinidae, Alcedinides, Brachypteraciidae, Coracii, Coraciidae, Coracioidea, Cryptornis, Cryptornis antiquus, Eocoraciidae, Halcyones, Meropidae, Momotidae, Parvicuculus, Striges, Ueekenkcoracias
Subtaxa: Palaeotodus Protornis Todus
Type: Todus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Haiti (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences