PaleoDB taxon number: 39241
Parent taxon: Ornithurae according to X. Wang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Apatornis, Archaeovolans, Baptornis, Carinatae, Cerebavis, Changzuiornis, Chaoyangiformes, Chaoyangornithiformes, Dromaeognathae, Enaliornis, Gobipterygiformes, Guildavis, Hesperornithiformes, Iaceornis, Ichthyornis, Kuszholia, Liaoningornithiformes, Limenavis, Lithornis, Odontoholcae, Odontoholomorphae, Qinornis, Tingmiatornis, Yanornithiformes, Yixianornithiformes
Subtaxa: Aequornithes, Caenagnathiformes, Cariamiformes, Cathartiformes, Eurypygiformes, Galbuliformes, Leptosomiformes, Lonchodytes pterygius, Mesitornithiformes, Neognathae, Odontognathae, Otidiformes, Palaeognathae, Phoenicopteriformes, Picocoraciae, Plotopteridae, Yacoraitichnus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore