Family Charadriidae Vigors 1825 (lapwing)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39584
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, 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, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Anarhynchus, Charadriinae, Charadrius, Dorypaltus, Jiliniornis, Oreopholus, Pluvialinae, Pluvialis, Vanellinae, Vanellus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore