Alternative spelling: Laroidae
Parent taxon: Larides according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Hay 1902 and Hay 1930
Sister taxon: Rhynchopoidea
Subtaxa: Laridae
Type: Larus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of American Samoa (1 collection), Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Australia (2), Azerbaijan (1), the Bahamas (3), Brazil (2), Canada (18: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon), Chile (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cook Islands (9), Ecuador (2), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), France (1), French Polynesia (17), Greece (2), Greenland (13), India (1), Italy (5), Japan (2), Madagascar (1), the Marshall Islands (4), Mexico (1), Micronesia (4), New Zealand (11), Niue (8), Northern Mariana Islands (12), Norway (2), Palau (5), Peru (1), Pitcairn (12), Portugal (2), Puerto Rico (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saint Helena (12), the Seychelles (1), Solomon Islands (26), South Africa (3), Spain (7), Timor-Leste (1), Tonga (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (46: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming), Venezuela (4), Virgin Islands (4), Åland Islands (2)
• Blancan of United States (5: California)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), New Zealand (2), United States (5: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 286 collections including 493 occurrences