Palaeognathae

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Struthio camelus.

[edit] Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Palaeognathae
Ordines: † Ambiortiformes - † Gansuiformes - † Palaeocursornithiformes - Casuariiformes - † Dinornithiformes - Apterygiformes - Rheiformes - † Lithornithiformes - † Aepyornithiformes - Struthioniformes - Tinamiformes

[edit] Name

Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900

[edit] Synonyms

Palaeognathia Huxley, 1867

[edit] References

• Harshman, J. et al. 2008: Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds. PNAS, 105: 13462-13467.
• Livezey, Bradley C. & Zusi, Richard L. (2007): Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 (1), 1–95.

[edit] Vernacular names

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