Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach 1850 (cormorant)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39688
Parent taxon: Suliformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Mangystania, Plotopteridae, Sulidae
Subtaxa: Borvocarbo, Gulosus, Leucocarbo, Leucocarboninae, Limicorallus, Microcarbo, Nannopterum, Oligocorax, Paracorax, Phalacrocoracinae, Phalacrocorax, Piscator, Poikilocarbo, Urile, Valenticarbo
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore