Family Podicipedidae Bonaparte 1831 (grebe)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39552
Parent taxon: Podicipediformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aechmophorus, Colymbus, Pliolymbus, Podiceps, Podicipedini, Podilymbini, Podilymbus, Poliocephalus, Rollandia, Tachybaptus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore