Sandcoleidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Coraciimorphae |
| Order: | Coliiformes |
| Family: | †Sandcoleidae Houde and Olson, 1992 |
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Sandcoleidae is an extinct family of birds in the order Coliiformes (mousebirds). Fossils of this family have been found in Denmark and the United States. The group may be paraphylectic[2] and is sometimes placed in the separate order Sandcoleiformes.[3]
Taxonomy[]
Order COLIIFORMES[2]
- Family †Sandcoleidae Houde & Olson 1992 sensu Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré 2004
- Genus † Houde & Olson 1992
- †S. copiosus
- Genus † Houde & Olson 1992
- †A. anneae
- Genus † Fischer 1987
- †E. pallas
- Genus †Tsidiiyazhi Ksepka et al., 2017
- †T. abini
- Genus † Houde & Olson 1992
Some authorities also include , and in this family.[2]
References[]
- ^ Daniel T. Ksepka; Thomas A. Stidham; Thomas E. Williamson (2017). "Early Paleocene landbird supports rapid phylogenetic and morphological diversification of crown birds after the K–Pg mass extinction". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114 (30): 8047–8052. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.8047K. doi:10.1073/pnas.1700188114. PMC 5544281. PMID 28696285.
- ^ a b c Haaramo, Mikko. "SANDCOLEIFORMES". Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Sandcoleidae".
Categories:
- Paleocene birds
- Coliiformes
- Eocene birds
- Prehistoric bird families