PaleoDB taxon number: 39581
Synonyms: Phalaropodidae Bonaparte 1831 (no. 98944), Phalaropodinae Bonaparte 1831 (no. 381078)
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, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Actitis, Arenaria, Bartramia, Calidrinae, Calidris, Coenocorypha, Eroliinae, Gallinago, Heteroscelus, Limnodromus, Limosa, Limosinae, Lymnocryptes, Numeniinae, Numenius, Nuntius, Palaeotringinae, Paractitis, Phalaropus, Philohela, Prosobonia, Scolopacinae, Scolopax, Totanus, Tringa, Tringinae, Tryngites, Xenus
Type: Scolopax
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore