Family Falconidae Vigors 1824 (raptor)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39317
Parent taxon: Falconiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Accipitres, Cathartae, Cathartoidea, Falcones, Teratornithi
Subtaxa: Asturaetus, Badiostes, Badrostes, Baza, Caracara, Falco, Falconidarum, Falconinae, Foetopterus, Herpetotheres, Herpetotherinae, Lagopterus, Micrastur, Milvago, Phalcoboenus, Polyborinae, Taphetus, Thegornis
Ecology: volant carnivore