†family Alexornithidae Brodkorb 1976 (bird)
Synonyms: Enantiornithidae, Gobipterygidae Elzanowski 1974, Zhyraornithidae Nessov 1984
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1976. Discovery of a Cretaceous bird, apparently ancestral to the orders Coraciiformes and Piciformes (Aves: Carinatae). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:67-73
Parent taxon: Alexornithiformes according to P. Brodkorb 1976
Sister taxon: Catenoleimus
Subtaxa: Abavornis, Alexornis, Explorornis, Incolornis, Kizylkumavis, Lenesornis, Nanantius, Sazavis, Zhyraornis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore