†family Idiornithidae Brodkorb 1965 (bird)
Aves - Gruiformes - Idiornithidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1965. New taxa of fossil birds. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 27(4):197-198
Parent taxon: Cariamae according to C. Mourer-Chauvire 2013
See also Carroll 1988 and Mayr 2005
Sister taxa: Ameghinornithidae, Cariamides, Gradiornis, Itaboravis, Otides, Phororhacoidea, Phororhacosidae, Phorusrhacidae
Subtaxa: Dynamopterus Oblitavis Occitaniavis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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