Aves - Passeriformes - Alaudidae
Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Calyptophilidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cinclidae, Cinclosomatidae, Climacteridae, Coerebidae, Corvidae, Corvitalusoides, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Eopsaltriidae, Estrildidae, Eurylaimidae, Formicaroidae, Fringillidae, Fringilloidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passerellidae, Passeres, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Phaenicophilidae, Phylloscopidae, Pipridae, Ploceidae, Polioptilidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Scytalopidae, Sittidae, Spindalidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Thamnophilidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Tyrannidae, Vangidae, Vireonidae, Wieslochia, Winnicavis, Yunnanus, Zosteropidae
Subtaxa: Alauda Calandrella Eremophila Eremopterix Galerida Lullula Melanocorypha Mirafra Otocoris
Ecology: volant insectivore-granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (2 collections), France (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (8), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (5), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (4), United States (11: California, Colorado, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1)
Total: 42 collections including 64 occurrences