†family Mystiornithidae Kurochkin et al. 2011 (bird)
Aves - Mystiornithiformes - Mystiornithidae
Full reference: E. N. Kurochkin, N. V. Zelenkov, A. O. Averianov and S. V. Leshchinskiy. 2011. A new taxon of birds (Aves) from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(1):109-117
Parent taxon: Mystiornithiformes according to E. N. Kurochkin et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Mystiornis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Shestakovo-1 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)