Sandcoleidae Temporal range:
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Skull of Sandcoleus copiosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Coraciimorphae |
Order: | Coliiformes |
Family: | †
Sandcoleidae Houde and Olson, 1992 |
Genera | |
†
Anneavis |
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 paraphyletic [2] and is sometimes placed in the separate order Sandcoleiformes. [3]
Order COLIIFORMES [2]
Some authorities also include Selmes absurdipes, Chascacocolius oscitans and Eobucco brodkorbi in this family. [2]