Suborder Charadrii Huxley 1867 (shorebird)
PaleoDB taxon number: 171016
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to V. L. De Pietri et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcidae, Burhinidae, Charadriidae, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Glareolidae, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Lari, Laridae, Laromorphae, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Cherevychnavis, Chionoidea, Ibidorhynchidae, Pluvianellidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore