Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dracohors
Superordo: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Classis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclasses: Neornithes – Ichthyornithiformes
Genera incertae sedis: Piksi

Name

Carinatae Merrem, 1813

References

• Cracraft, J. 1986. The origin and early diversification of birds. Paleobiology 12(4): 383–399.
• Lee, M.S.Y., Cau, A., Naish, D., Dyke, G.J. May 2014. Morphological Clocks in Paleontology, and a Mid-Cretaceous Origin of Crown Aves. Systematic Biology 63(3): 442–449. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syt110 PMID 24449041
• Gauthier, J. & de Queiroz, K. 2001. Feathered dinosaurs, flying dinosaurs, crown dinosaurs, and the name "Aves". New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds 7–41.
• Chiappe, L.M. & Calvo, J.O. 1994. Nequenornis volans, a new Late Cretaceous bird (Enantiornithes:Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14: 230–246. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1994.10011554

Vernacular names

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