Suborder Cariamae Fürbringer 1888 (bird)
Parent taxon: Gruiformes according to C. Mourer-Chauvire 2013
See also Alvarenga and Holfing 2003, Angst et al. 2013, Bertelli et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Gould and Quitmyer 2005, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mourer-Chauviré 1981, Mourer-Chauvire et al. 2011, Noriega et al. 2009, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Anisolornis, Aramidae, Asiavis, Bumbanipes, Bumbaniralla, Eurypygae, Grues, Gruidae, Heliornithidae, Horezmavis, Messelornithidae, Psophiidae, Rallidae, Salmilidae
Subtaxa: Ameghinornithidae Cariamides Gradiornis Idiornithidae Itaboravis Otides Phororhacoidea Phororhacosidae Phorusrhacidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore