Superorder Palaeognathae Pycraft 1900 (bird)
PaleoDB taxon number: 98816
Parent taxon: Neornithes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Aequornithes, Caenagnathiformes, Cariamiformes, Cathartiformes, Eurypygiformes, Galbuliformes, Leptosomiformes, Lonchodytes pterygius, Mesitornithiformes, Neognathae, Odontognathae, Otidiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Picocoraciae, Pterocliformes, Yacoraitichnus
Subtaxa: Ambiortiformes, Crypturi, Eremopezidae, Lithornidae, Palaeocursornithiformes, Palaeotididae, Patagopterygiformes, Ratitae, Remiornithiformes, Rheiformes
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore