{{Short description|Extinct family of birds}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = {{Geological range/linked|Danian|Ypresian}} | image = Sandcolius copiosus.jpg | image_caption = Skull of ''Sandcoleus copiosus'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Sandcoleidae |authority = Houde and Olson, 1992 |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = †''Anneavis''<br> †''Sandcoleus''<br> †''Eoglaucidium''<br> †''Tsidiiyazhi''<ref name=Ksepka>{{Cite journal|author1=Daniel T. Ksepka |author2=Thomas A. Stidham |author3=Thomas E. Williamson |year=2017 |title=Early Paleocene landbird supports rapid phylogenetic and morphological diversification of crown birds after the K–Pg mass extinction |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=114 |issue=30 |pages=8047–8052 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1700188114 |pmid=28696285 |pmc=5544281 |bibcode=2017PNAS..114.8047K |doi-access=free }}</ref> }}
'''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 paraphyletic<ref name="mikko">{{cite web|last=Haaramo|first=Mikko|title=SANDCOLEIFORMES|url=https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/archosauria/aves/sandcoleiformes.html|accessdate= 19 November 2020}}</ref> and is sometimes placed in the separate order Sandcoleiformes.<ref name=fossilworks>{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=99114|title=Fossilworks: Sandcoleidae}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== Order '''COLIIFORMES'''<ref name="mikko" /> * '''Family †Sandcoleidae''' <small>Houde & Olson 1992 sensu Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré 2004</small> ** Genus †''Sandcoleus'' <small>Houde & Olson 1992</small> ***†''S. copiosus'' ** Genus †''Anneavis'' <small>Houde & Olson 1992</small> ***†''A. anneae'' ** Genus †''Eoglaucidium'' <small>Fischer 1987</small> ***†''E. pallas'' ** Genus †''Tsidiiyazhi'' <small>Ksepka ''et al.'', 2017</small> ***†''T. abini''
Some authorities also include ''Selmes absurdipes'', ''Chascacocolius oscitans'' and ''Eobucco brodkorbi'' in this family.<ref name="mikko" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Paleocene birds Category:Coliiformes Category:Eocene birds Category:Prehistoric bird families