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 paraphylectic and is sometimes placed in the separate order Sandcoleiformes.

Taxonomy

Order COLIIFORMES * Family †Sandcoleidae Houde & Olson 1992 sensu Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré 2004 ** Genus †'' Sandcoleus'' Houde & Olson 1992 ***†''S. copiosus'' ** Genus †'' Anneavis'' Houde & Olson 1992 ***†''A. anneae'' ** Genus †'' Eoglaucidium'' Fischer 1987 ***†''E. pallas'' ** Genus †''

Tsidiiyazhi ''Tsidiiyazhi abini'' ( nv, little morning bird) is an extinct relative of the modern mousebirds, found in 2017 in the Nacimiento Formation on ancestral Navajo lands in New Mexico. It is the only species in the genus ''Tsidiiyazhi''. It lived bet ...

'' Ksepka ''et al.'', 2017 ***†''T. abini'' Some authorities also include '' Selmes absurdipes'', '' Chascacocolius oscitans'' and '' Eobucco brodkorbi'' in this family.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q23091970 Paleocene birds Coliiformes Eocene birds Prehistoric bird families