†family Songziidae Hou 1990 (bird)
Aves - Ralliformes - Ralloidae
Full reference: L. Hou. 1990. An Eocene bird from Songzi, Hubei province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(1):34-42
Parent taxon: Ralloidea according to G. Mayr et al. 2019
See also Hou 1990 and Wang and Mayr 2012
Sister taxon: Orthocnemidae
Subtaxa: Songzia
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (2)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence