Superfamily Plataleoidae Hay 1930 (bird)
Aves - Ciconiiformes - Plataleoidae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1930. Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America 390(II):1-1074
Parent taxon: Ciconiiformes according to O. P. Hay 1930
Sister taxa: Ardeoidae, Ciconiae, Ciconiidae, Ciconiopsis, Eocathartes, Ibididoidae, Lophiornis, Phoenicopteri, Phoenicopteroidea, Sanshuiornis, Scopi, Scopidae, Xenerodiopidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plataleoidae in the database