Order Phaethontiformes Sharpe 1891

Aves - Phaethontiformes

Alternative spellings: Phaethontes, Phaetontes

Parent taxon: Aves according to G. Mayr and R. P. Scofield 2016

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

Sister taxa: Accipitriformes, Alaripeda, Archaeornithipus, Archornithes, Aucornis, Avimimiformes, Avipedidae, Barrosopus, Bucerotiformes, Chaoyangornithidae, Charadriiformes, Climacarthrus, Dolichopterus, Dromiceiidae, Eoaves, Eociconia, Eopteryx, Eucavitaves, Eupterornis remensis, Eurhipidurae, Euryonotus, Falconiformes, Fontinalis, Gansuiformes, Gobioolithidae, Gruipeda, Gyeongsangornipes, Ibidopodia, Ignotornidae, Jeholornis, Jindongornipodidae, Jixiangornis, Koreanaornipodidae, Kuszholiidae, Liaoxiornithidae, Limiavipedidae, Loncornis, Longipennes, Manu, Metornithes, Micropodiformes, Minerva, Mirandornithes, Moguiornipes, Musophagiformes, Mystiornithiformes, Neornithes, Odontoglossae, Odontopterygiformes, Odontornithes, Omnivoropterygiformes, Onychopteryx, Pachycorioolithidae, Palaeoaves, Palaeolestes, Palaeopsittacus, Paludicolae, Pancharadriiformes, Pangalliformes, Panmirandornithes, Pansphenisciformes, Parvoolithus, Patagonichnornis, Paxavipedidae, Platanavis, Plectophora, Praeornithes, Proherodius, Proherodius oweni, Proornis, Protoaviformes, Protopelargus, Protornis, Psittacopasseres, Psittacopedidae, Pygostylia, Qianshanornithidae, Querandiornis, Riacama, Sauriurae, Shandongornipodidae, Shenzhouraptor, Smiliornis, Tantalatos, Tantaleus, Tatarornipes, Telluraves, Telmatoformes, Teracus, Tricorynopus brinkmani, Tridentigerpes, Tshulia, Uhangrichnus, Yacoraitichnus, Yalavis

Subtaxa: Clymenoptilon Phaethontidae Phaethusavis Prophaethontidae

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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 Belgium (2), Morocco (2), the United Kingdom (2)

• Paleocene of Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), United States (1: Maryland)

Total: 92 collections including 98 occurrences

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