Sandcoleidae
Extinct family of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Sandcoleidae | |
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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 |
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