Order Coraciiformes Forbes 1884 (bird)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39368
Parent taxon: Passerimorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Passeriformes, Piciformes, Sylphornithidae, Zygodactylidae
Subtaxa: Alcedinidae, Brachypteraciidae, Bucerotes, Coracii, Coraciidae, Coracioidea, Cryptornis, Cryptornis antiquus, Eocoraciidae, Halcyones, Meropidae, Momotidae, Parvicuculus, Striges, Todidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore