Superorder Pelecanimorphae Huxley 1867 (bird)
Parent taxon: Feraequornithes according to G. Sangster and G. Mayr 2021
See also Livezey and Zusi 2007
Sister taxon: Procellariimorphae
Subtaxa: Balaenicipitiformes Ciconiiformes Pelecaniformes Suliformes
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore