Cariamae



Cariamae
Fossil range: 63–0 Ma
Middle Paleocene - Recent
Andalgalornis jconway
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Neognathae
Order: Cariamae
Fürbringer, 1888
Families

Cariamidae
†Phorusrhacidae
†Bathornithidae
†Idiornithidae

Cariamae is a suggested name for a group of primarily flightless birds that have been around for 63 million years. The group includes the families Cariamidae, Phorusrhacidae, Bathornithidae and Idiornithidae. Though traditionally considered as a suborder of the Gruiformes, based on both morphological and genetic studies[1] they may belong to a separate group of birds whose other living members would be the Falconidae, the Psittaciformes and the Passeriformes.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hackett, Shannon J.; et al. (2008-06-27). "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History". Science 320 (5884): 1763–1768. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/320/5884/1763. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 
  2. ^ http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/search/label/phorusrhacids
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