Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Parent taxon: Charadrioidea according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Chandler 1990, Clements et al. 2017, De Pietri et al. 2018, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hou and Ericson 2002, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2022, Olson 1975, Olson and James 1982, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Oedicnemidae, Rhegminornithidae
Subtaxa: Anarhynchus Charadriinae Charadrius Dorypaltus Jiliniornis Oreopholus Pluvialinae Pluvialis Pseudosterna Vanellinae Vanellus
Type: Charadrius
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Cayman Islands (1), Cook Islands (1), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (3), Jordan (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Micronesia (2), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (4), Norfolk Island (6), Northern Mariana Islands (5), Peru (1), Pitcairn (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saint Helena (3), Solomon Islands (4), Spain (2), Tonga (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (21: California, Florida, New Mexico, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Eocene of China (1)
Total: 85 collections including 115 occurrences