After Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1996, and Sibley & Monroe, 1990
<==o "Charadriomorphae" (shorebird-like birds; rantalintumaiset nykylinnut) |-- "Ciconiimorphae" [incl. Ciconiiformes, Pelecaniformes, Procellariiformes, Gaviiformes, Sphenisciformes] |?-o †Scaniornithidae [jr. synon. to Graculavidae?] | `-- †Scaniornis |?-o †Cimolopterygidae [jr. synon. to Graculavidae?] | |-- †Ceramornis major Brodkorb, 1963, U. Cret. NWNA. | `--o †Cimolopteryx Marsh, 1892 [Cimolopteryx Marsh, 1889 (nomen nudum); Timolopteryx Ogilvie-Grant, 1912 (lapsus calami)] | |-- †C. rara Marsh, 1890 sensu Hay, 1902 | |-- †C. minima Brodkorb, 1963 | |-- †C. maxima Brodkorb, 1963 | |-- †C. petra Hope, 2002 | `-- †C. sp. [undescribed, U. Cret, NWNA.] [Hope, 2002] |--o †form family Graculavidae [Dakotornithidae] | |-- †Graculavidae genera et species indet. [Gloucester County, New Jersey] | |-- †Zhylgaia sp. | |-- †Dakotornis cooperi Erickson, 1975 | |-- †Telmatornis priscus Marsh, 1870 [Telmatornis affinis Marsh, 1870, Graculavus pumilis Marsh, 1872, ?Paleotringa vetus Marsh, 1870] | |-- †Laornis edvardsianus Marsh, 1870 | |--o †Graculavus Marsh, 1872 [Limosavis Shufeldt, 1915] | | |-- †G. velox Marsh, 1872 [Limosavis velox (Marsh, 1872) Lambrecht, 1933] | | `-- †G. augustus Hope, 1999 | `--o †Paleotringa Marsh, 1870 | |-- †P. littoralis Marsh, 1870 | |-- †P. sp. cf. P. littoralis Marsh, 1870 | `-- †P. vagans Marsh, 1872 `--+-- Burnithidae (thick-knees; paksujalat) `--+-- Charadriiformes (shorebirds; rantalinnut) `?-o “Columbimorphae” |?- Turnicidae G.R. Gray, 1840 [“Turnaciformes”] (lyhytjalkajuoksijat) `?-+-- Pteroclididae [Pteroclidiformes] (sandgrouses; hietakanat) `--+-- Columbiformes (doves, pigions & solitaires; kyyhkylinnut) `-- Psittaciformes Wagler, 1827 (parrots; papukaijalinnut)
Reference(s):
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196 - Feduccia, A., 1996: The origin and evolution of birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1996, xii-420 - Hope, S., 2002: The Mesozoic Radiation of Neornithes. 339-388
in Chiappe, L. M. & Witmer, L. M., (eds.) 2002: Mesozoic Birds – Above the Heads of Dinosaur.
–University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 2002, xii-520 - Olson, S. L. & Parris, D. C., 1987: The Cretaceous birds of New Jersey.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 63, pp. iv-22 - Olson, S. L. 1981: The generic allocation of Ibis pagana Milne-Edwards, with a review of fossil ibises (Aves: Threskiornithidae). [Dakotornis cooperi]
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: vol. 1, #2, pp. 165-170 - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.) 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York, 1985 - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B. L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990, xxiv-1111