Aves - Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Parent taxon: Gaviiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1955, Carroll 1988, Chandler 1990, Chatterjee 2002, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Harrison and Walker 1976, Hay 1930, Howard 1972, Howard 1978, Howard 1982, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2004, Mayr 2011, Mayr and Zvonok 2011, Miller and Bowman 1958, Olson 1992, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Parmalee 1992, Storer 1956, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1943
Sister taxa: Lonchodytidae, Petralca
Subtaxa: Colymbiculus Colymboides Colymboidinae Gavia Gaviellinae Gaviinae
Type: Gavia
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon collections), Finland (12), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Taiwan (1), Ukraine (1), United States (41: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Maryland, Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (6: California)
• Pliocene of United States (6: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene of France (1), Ukraine (1), United States (8: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Germany (2), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Eocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 96 collections including 126 occurrences