Family Phaethontidae Brandt 1831 (tropicbird)

Aves - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae

Alternative spelling: Phaetontidae

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

See also Bourdon et al. 2005, Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2011, Olson 1975, Olson 1985 and Olson 1985

Sister taxa: Clymenoptilon, Phaethusavis, Prophaethontidae

Subtaxa: Heliadornis Phaethon Proplegadis

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Cayman Islands (3), Cook Islands (5), French Polynesia (16), the Marshall Islands (1), Mauritius (2), Micronesia (1), Niue (7), Northern Mariana Islands (6), Palau (9), Pitcairn (11), Reunion (2), Saint Helena (5), the Seychelles (2), Solomon Islands (7), Tonga (2)

• Miocene of Belgium (1), United States (1: Maryland)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 83 collections including 88 occurrences

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