†family Eleutherornithidae Wetmore 1951 (bird)
Aves - Struthioniformes - Eleutherornithidae
Parent taxon: Struthioniformes according to A. Wetmore 1960
See also Carroll 1988 and Mayr 2009
Sister taxa: Ergilornithidae, Geranoididae, Palaeotididae, Struthionidae
Subtaxa: Proceriavis
Type: Eleutherornis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eleutherornithidae in the database