Family Meropidae Vigors 1825 (bird)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39387
Parent taxon: Coraciiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Alcedinidae, Brachypteraciidae, Bucerotes, Coracii, Coraciidae, Coracioidea, Cryptornis, Cryptornis antiquus, Eocoraciidae, Halcyones, Momotidae, Parvicuculus, Striges, Todidae
Subtaxa: Merops
Ecology: volant insectivore