Order Otidiformes Wagler 1830 (bird)

Aves - Otidiformes

Parent taxon: Neornithes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Aequornithes, Alectromorphae, Cariamiformes, Cathartiformes, Colymbomorphae, Coraciomorphae, Eurypygiformes, Galbuliformes, Leptosomiformes, Lonchodytes pterygius, Mesitornithiformes, Neognathae, Odontognathae, Palaeognathae, Pelargomorphae, Phoenicopteriformes, Picocoraciae, Pterocliformes

Subtaxa: Otididae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Egypt (2 collections), Eritrea (1), France (1), Greece (2), Hungary (2), Italy (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene of Morocco (1)

• Miocene of Italy (1), Kenya (1)

Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences

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