†suborder Cladornithes Wetmore 1960 (bird)
PaleoDB taxon number: 106264
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1960. A classification for the birds of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 139(11):1-37
Parent taxon: Pelecaniformes according to A. Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Ardeidae, Fregatae, Odontopteryges, Odontopterygia, Pelecanidae, Phaethontes, Protoplotidae, Steganopodes, Threskiornithidae, Torotix
Subtaxa: Cladornithidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore