†family Stereornithidae Moreno and Mercerat 1891 (bird)
Aves - Telmatoformes - Stereornithidae
Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71
Parent taxon: Stereornithes according to F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat 1891
Sister taxon: Dryornithidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Stereornithidae in the database