Subfamily Scolopacinae Bonaparte 1831 (snipe)
Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Parent taxon: Scolopacidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Actitis, Arenaria, Bartramia, Calidriinae, Calidrinae, Calidris, Coenocorypha, Elorius, Eroliinae, Gallinago, Heteroscelus, Limnodromus, Limosa, Limosinae, Lymnocryptes, Numeniinae, Numenius, Nuntius, Palaeotringinae, Paractitis, Parvelorius, Phalaropus, Philohela, Prosobonia, Scolopax, Totanus, Tringa, Tringinae, Tryngites, Villetus, Xenus
Subtaxa: Macrorhamphus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Al-Sarrar, Locality 1, Hofuf Formation (Miocene of Saudi Arabia)