Sandcoleidae

Sandcoleidae

Sandcoleidae

Extinct family of birds

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Sandcoleidae is an extinct family of birds in the order Coliiformes (mousebirds). Fossils of this family have been found in Denmark and the United States. The group may be paraphyletic[2] and is sometimes placed in the separate order Sandcoleiformes.[3]

Taxonomy

Order COLIIFORMES[2]

  • Family †Sandcoleidae Houde & Olson 1992 sensu Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré 2004
    • Genus †Sandcoleus Houde & Olson 1992
      • †S. copiosus
    • Genus †Anneavis Houde & Olson 1992
      • †A. anneae
    • Genus †Eoglaucidium Fischer 1987
      • †E. pallas
    • Genus †Tsidiiyazhi Ksepka et al., 2017
      • †T. abini

Some authorities also include Selmes absurdipes, Chascacocolius oscitans and Eobucco brodkorbi in this family.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Daniel T. Ksepka; Thomas A. Stidham; Thomas E. Williamson (2017). "Early Paleocene landbird supports rapid phylogenetic and morphological diversification of crown birds after the K–Pg mass extinction". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114 (30): 8047–8052. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.8047K. doi:10.1073/pnas.1700188114. PMC 5544281. PMID 28696285.
  2. [2]
    Haaramo, Mikko. "SANDCOLEIFORMES". Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Fossilworks: Sandcoleidae".
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