†subfamily Tonsalinae Mayr and Goedert 2018
PaleoDB taxon number: 370987
Full reference: G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert. 2018. First record of a tarsometatarsus of Tonsala hildegardae (Plotopteridae) and other avian remains from the late Eocene/early Oligocene of Washington State (USA). Geobios 51:51-59
Parent taxon: Plotopteridae according to G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert 2018
Sister taxa: Phocavis, Plotopterum, Stemec
Subtaxa: Copepteryx, Hokkaidornis, Klallamornis, Olympidytes, Tonsala