Order Coliiformes Murie 1872 (mousebird)
Parent taxon: Trogonomorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933 and Mayr 2005
Sister taxa: Sandcoleiformes, Trogoniformes
Subtaxa: Colii Coliidae Eocolius Palaeospiza
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Italy (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Germany (2)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences