Sandcoleidae

Sandcoleidae
Temporal range:
Skull of Sandcoleus copiosus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Coraciimorphae
Order: Coliiformes
Family: Sandcoleidae
Houde and Olson, 1992
Genera

Anneavis
Sandcoleus
Eoglaucidium
Tsidiiyazhi

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 and is sometimes placed in the separate order Sandcoleiformes.