Family Glareolidae Brehm 1831 (shorebird)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Glareolidae

Parent taxon: Lari according to G. Mayr 2022

See also Carroll 1988, Clements et al. 2017, De Pietri et al. 2020, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005 and Smith 2011

Sister taxa: Alcides, Chionidides, Larides, Laromorphae

Subtaxa: Becassius Boutersemia Cursoriinae Cursorius Glareola Glareolinae Mioglareola Paractiornis Precursor Stiltia

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Indonesia (1), Morocco (2)

• Miocene of France (1)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 11 collections including 15 occurrences

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