†family Cyphornithidae Wemore 1928 (bird)

Aves - Pelecaniformes - Cyphornithidae

Full reference: A. Wemore. 1928. The systematic position of the fossil bird Cyphornis magnus. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 49:1-4

Parent taxon: Pelecanoidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also González-Barba et al. 2002, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Olson 1985, Wemore 1928, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Palaeochenoides

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Type: Cyphornis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ashley River (Miocene Marl) (Miocene of South Carolina)

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