Full reference: L. A. Nessov and A. A. Yarkov. 1989. Novye ptitsy Mela-Paleogena SSSR i nekotorye zamechaniya po istorii vozniknoveniya i evolyutsii klassa [New Cretaceous-Paleogene birds of the USSR and some remarks on the origin and evolution of the Class Aves]. Fauna i Ekologiya Ptits Evrazii [Faunistic and Ecological Studies of Eurasian Birds]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 197:78-97
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to S. Hope 2002
Sister taxa: Alcae, Charadrii, Cimolopteryx, Dakotornithidae, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Lari, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Phalaropus, Sarjeantopodus, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Turnicidae
Subtaxa: Volgavis marina
Type: Volgavis marina
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore