†family Pteroptochidae Cabanis 1860 (perching bird)
Aves - Passeriformes - Formicaroidae
Parent taxon: Formicaroidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Shufeldt 1913
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Hebe
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Petrified fish cut (Richardson Coll) (Eocene of Wyoming)