Family Turnicidae Gray 1840 (buttonquail)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39347
Synonym: Turnipacidae Mayr 2000 (taxon 106039)
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, 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, Volgavis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore