Aves - Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae
Alternative spelling: Presbyornithinae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1926. Fossil birds formt he Green River deposits of eastern Utah. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 16(3-4):391-402
Parent taxon: Anseriformes according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2019
See also Carroll 1988, Clarke et al. 2005, Hay 1930, Hope 2002, Kurochkin 2000, Kurochkin et al. 2002, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey 1997, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Noriega and Tambussi 1995, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1926, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Wetmore 1960, Worthy et al. 2017 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Anachronornithidae, Anatalavis, Anatidae, Anhimae, Anseranatidae, Anseres, Brontornis, Conflicto, Danielsavis, Heterochen, Naranbulagornis, Nettapterornis, Palaeopapia, Petropluvialis, Romainvillia, Telmabatidae, Vegaviidae, Vegavis
Subtaxa: Bumbalavis Headonornis Murgonornis Presbyornis Telmabates Teviornis Wilaru Zhylgaia
Type: Presbyornis
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (2), Australia (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), United States (2: Maryland, North Dakota)
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 23 collections including 27 occurrences