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 infra-class 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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is any of a group of mostly flightless birds within the infraclass Palaeognathae. They are mostly large, long-necked, and long-legged, the exception...
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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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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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consists of all modern birds (Neornithes or Aves) with the exception of Palaeognathae (ratites and kin) and Galloanserae (ducks, chickens and kin). Almost...
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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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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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Federico L. (July 2016) [2017]. "Unexpected diversity of ratites (Aves, Palaeognathae) in the early Cenozoic of South America: Palaeobiogeographical implications"...
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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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 Clade: Notopalaeognathae Yuri et al., 2013 Clades Rheiformes (rheas)...
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gigantism; this included the Gastornithidae, the Dromornithidae, the Palaeognathae, and the Phorusrhacidae. Phorusrhacids are an extinct group within Cariamiformes...
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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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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 moa...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order: Casuariiformes Family: Casuariidae Kaup, 1847 Genus: Casuarius...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order: Casuariiformes Family: Casuariidae Genus: Dromaius Species: D...
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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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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order: Struthioniformes Family: Struthionidae Genus: †Pachystruthio...
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most primitive neognathous birds, and as such they should follow the palaeognathae (ratites and tinamous) in bird classification systems. Several unusual...
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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Clade: Notopalaeognathae Order: †Dinornithiformes Family: †Megalapterygidae...
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examinations group them in a single, natural group basal to the rest of Palaeognathae. Of issue is Paracathartes, which differs radically from other lithornithids...
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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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Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order: †Dinornithiformes Family: †Dinornithidae Genus: †Dinornis Owen...
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