†family Scaniornithidae (bird)
Aves - Ciconiiformes - Scaniornithidae
Parent taxon: Phoenicopteri according to A. Wetmore 1960
See also Howard 1955 and Lambrecht 1933
Sister taxa: Agnopteridae, Torotigidae
Subtaxa: Scaniornis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scaniornithidae in the database