Alternative spelling: Charadrioidae
Parent taxon: Charadriides according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Hay 1930, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Wetmore 1960 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Burhinoidea, Glareoloidea, Haematopoidea
Subtaxa: Charadriidae Oedicnemidae Rhegminornithidae
Type: Charadrius
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Cayman Islands (1), Cook Islands (1), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (3), Jordan (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Micronesia (2), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (4), Norfolk Island (6), Northern Mariana Islands (5), Peru (1), Pitcairn (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saint Helena (3), Solomon Islands (4), Spain (2), Tonga (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (21: California, Florida, New Mexico, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of China (1)
Total: 86 collections including 116 occurrences