†family Brodavidae Martin et al. 2012 (bird)
Aves - Hesperornithiformes - Brodavidae
Full reference: L. D. Martin, E. N. Kurochkin, and T. T. Tokaryk. 2012. A new evolutionary lineage of diving birds from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Palaeoworld 21:59-63
Parent taxon: Hesperornithiformes according to A. Bell and L. M. Chiappe 2016
See also Martin et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Baptornithidae, Chupkaornis, Enaliornis, Enaliornithidae, Fumicollis, Hesperornithidae, Pasquiaornis, Potamornis
Subtaxa: Brodavis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Manitoba, Saskatchewan collections), Mongolia (1), United States (2: South Dakota)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence