†family Rhegminornithidae Wetmore 1943 (shorebird)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Rhegminornithidae

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1943. Fossil birds from the Tertiary deposits of Florida. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 22:59-68

Parent taxon: Charadrioidea according to A. Wetmore 1960

See also Wetmore 1943 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Charadriidae, Oedicnemidae

Subtaxa: Rhegminornis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm (Miocene of Florida)

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