Palaeognathae (/ˌpæliˈɒɡnəθi/; from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old' and γνάθος (gnáthos) 'jaw') is an infraclass of birds, called paleognaths or...
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genus Struthio in the order Struthioniformes, part of the infraclass Palaeognathae, a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes...
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other around 54 million years ago. Placement of Elephant birds within Palaeognathae, after: The ancestors of elephant birds are thought to have arrived...
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a polyphyletic group consisting of all birds within the infraclass Palaeognathae that lack keels and cannot fly. They are mostly large, long-necked,...
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consists of all modern birds (Neornithes or Aves) with the exception of Palaeognathae (ratites and kin) and Galloanserae (ducks, chickens and kin). This group...
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List of birds (section Subclass Palaeognathae)
al. (2014) with some clade names after Yuri, T. et al. (2013). The Palaeognathae or "old jaws" is one of the two superorders recognized within the taxonomic...
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List of herbivorous animals (section Palaeognathae)
This is a list of herbivorous animals, organized in a roughly taxonomic manner. In general, entries consist of animal species known with good certainty...
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"The Evolution and Fossil Record of Palaeognathous Birds (Neornithes: Palaeognathae)". Diversity. 14 (2): 105. doi:10.3390/d14020105. ISSN 1424-2818. Miller...
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description of an embryonic skeleton of the extinct elephant bird, Aepyornis (Palaeognathae: Ratitae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (sup4): 1–53. doi:10...
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Federico L. (July 2016) [2017]. "Unexpected diversity of ratites (Aves, Palaeognathae) in the early Cenozoic of South America: Palaeobiogeographical implications"...
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2014.07.001. Agnolin et al, Unexpected diversity of ratites (Aves, Palaeognathae) in the early Cenozoic of South America: palaeobiogeographical implications...
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and the flightless ratites, which belong instead to the sister taxon Palaeognathae. There are nearly 10,000 living species of neognaths. The earliest fossils...
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event 66 million years ago, giving rise to ostriches and relatives (Palaeognathae), waterfowl (Anseriformes), ground-living fowl (Galliformes), and "modern...
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Flightless bird (section Palaeognathae (ratites))
flightless birds were larger birds. Ratites belong to the superorder Palaeognathae, which include the volant tinamou, and are believed to have evolved...
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volcanism, and landscape changes. The cladogram below is a phylogeny of Palaeognathae generated by Mitchell (2014) with some clade names after Yuri et al...
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This list of sequenced animal genomes contains animal species for which complete genome sequences have been assembled, annotated and published. Substantially...
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group Aves (alternately Neornithes), which has two subdivisions: the Palaeognathae, which includes the flightless ratites (such as the ostriches) and the...
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"The Evolution and Fossil Record of Palaeognathous Birds (Neornithes: Palaeognathae)". Diversity. 14 (2): 105. doi:10.3390/d14020105. ISSN 1424-2818....
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order: Rheiformes Family: Rheidae Genus: Rhea Brisson, 1760 Type species...
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tinamous are allied to the flightless ratites, together comprising the Palaeognathae ("old jaws"), while all other living birds are members of Neognathae...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order: Casuariiformes Family: Casuariidae Genus: Casuarius Brisson,...
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studies have shown that it is the sister group to all other members of Palaeognathae, and thus the flighted tinamous are the sister group to the extinct...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Clade: Notopalaeognathae Yuri et al., 2013 Clades Rheiformes (rheas)...
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Federico L. (July 2016) [2017]. "Unexpected diversity of ratites (Aves, Palaeognathae) in the early Cenozoic of South America: Palaeobiogeographical implications"...
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However, Mayr (2019) considered Galligeranoides to be a member of Palaeognathae closely related to Palaeotis, and formally transferred Galligeranoides...
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Mayr, G. (2014). "The middle Eocene European "ratite" Palaeotis (Aves, Palaeognathae) restudied once more". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89 (3): 503–514...
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Kraatz, Brian P.; Stidham, Thomas A. (2006). "New Fossil Ratite (Aves: Palaeognathae) Eggshell Discoveries from the Late Miocene Baynunah Foramation of the...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order: †Dinornithiformes Family: †Dinornithidae Genus: †Dinornis Owen...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order: Casuariiformes Family: Casuariidae Kaup, 1847 Genera †Emuarius...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order: Struthioniformes Family: Struthionidae Genus: †Pachystruthio...
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