Graculavidae

Belongs within: Charadriiformes.

The Graculavidae are a poorly defined assemblage of fossil birds from the late Cretaceous or early Palaeocene, often identified as basal Charadriiformes.

<==Graculavidae
    |--Telmatornis Marsh 1870 [Telmatornithidae]B99
    |    `--T. priscus Marsh 1870M09
    |--Laornis Marsh 1870 [Laornithidae]B99
    |    `--L. edvardsianus Marsh 1870M09
    |--Dakotornis [Dakotornithidae]M09
    |    `--D. cooperi Erickson 1975M09
    |--Kievornis Aver’janov, Potapova & Nesov 1990M09, M02
    |    `--*K. rogovitshi Aver’janov, Potapova & Nesov 1990M02
    |--Graculavus Marsh 1872 [Graculavinae]M07
    |    |--*G. velox Marsh 1872C04, M09
    |    `--G. augustus Hope 1999M09
    `--Palaeotringa Marsh 1870 [Palaeotringinae]B99
         |--P. littoralis Marsh 1870M09
         `--P. vagans Marsh 1872M09

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B99] Boles, W. E. 1999. Early Eocene shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) from the Tingamarra local fauna, Murgon, Queensland, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 57: 229–238.

[C04] Clarke, J. A. 2004. Morphology, phylogenetic taxonomy, and systematics of Ichthyornis and Apatornis (Avialae: Ornithurae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 286: 1–179.

[M07] Mayr, G. 2007. The birds from the Paleocene fissure filling of Walbeck (Germany). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (2): 394–408.

[M09] Mayr, G. 2009. Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer.

[M02] Mlíkovský, J. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press: Praha.