Family Rostratulidae Ridgway 1919 (shorebird)
Aves - Charadriiformes - Rostratulidae
Parent taxon: Parrae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933 and Mayr 2022
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Nycticryphes Rostratula
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence