Suborder Lari Sharpe 1891 (shorebird)
PaleoDB taxon number: 98959
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, Charadriidae, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Glareolidae, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Laridae, Laromorphae, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Alcides, Chionidides, Larides
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore