Aves - Suliformes - Anhingidae
Parent taxon: Suliformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Alvarez 1977, Bourdon et al. 2005, Carroll 1988, Cenizo and Agnolín 2010, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guilherme et al. 2023, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Louchart et al. 2008, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2011, Mayr 2022, Mayr et al. 2020, Olson 1985, Olson and Hasegawa 1996, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Fregatidae, Mangystania, Phalacrocoracidae, Plotopteridae, Sulidae
Subtaxa: Anhinga Liptornis Macranhinga Meganhinga Pseudolarus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Greece (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), United States (5: Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), Chad (2), India (1), Kenya (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Brazil (4), Chad (2), Chile (1), Colombia (1), Ethiopia (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Kenya (1), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 44 collections including 52 occurrences