Vegaviidae is an extinct family of birds of uncertain phylogenetic placement, which existed during the Late Cretaceous and possibly the Paleocene. Definitive...

as a neornithine bird. McLachlan et al. (2017) considered the family Vegaviidae to be stem group birds within Ornithurae. Mayr et al. (2018) claimed that...

Gastornithiformes. In addition, they have found support that the family Vegaviidae (usually classified as crown anseriforms or their sister taxon) are more...

2017 paper has found it to be just outside the crown group in the family Vegaviidae. Below is the general consensus of the phylogeny of anseriforms and their...

†Conflicto †Gastornis? †Dromornithidae? †Pelagornithidae? †Vegaviidae? †Presbyornithidae Bumbalavis Headonornis? Murgonornis Presbyornis Proherodius Telmabates...

†Gargantuavis? †Guildavis †Iaceornis †Kookne †Limenavis †Qinornis †Tingmiatornis †Hesperornithes †Ichthyornithes †Vegaviidae †Cimolopterygidae Aves (modern birds)...

†Conflicto †Gastornis? †Dromornithidae? †Pelagornithidae? †Vegaviidae? †Presbyornithidae Bumbalavis Headonornis? Murgonornis Presbyornis Proherodius Telmabates...

†Limenavis †Tingmiatornis †Ichthyornithes Ichthyornis Janavis †Hesperornithes †Vegaviidae Australornis? Maaqwi? Neogaeornis? Polarornis Vegavis †Cimolopterygidae...

†Conflicto †Gastornis? †Dromornithidae? †Pelagornithidae? †Vegaviidae? †Presbyornithidae Bumbalavis Headonornis? Murgonornis Presbyornis Proherodius Telmabates...

†Conflicto †Gastornis? †Dromornithidae? †Pelagornithidae? †Vegaviidae? †Presbyornithidae Bumbalavis Headonornis? Murgonornis Presbyornis Proherodius Telmabates...