Elseyornis Mathews 1914 (shorebird)
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Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to G. Mathews 1914
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcoidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, Charadriisimilis, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Erythrogonys, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Jacanidae, Lari, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Peltohyas, Phegornis, Pluvianellus, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Thinornis, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Elseyornis melanops
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Extant Distribution (Quaternary of New Zealand)
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