Eucavitaves

Eucavitaves
Cuban trogon, Priotelus temnurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Clade: Coraciimorphae
Clade: Eucavitaves
Kimball et. al, 2013
Subclades

Eucavitaves is a clade that contain the order Leptosomatiformes (cuckoo roller) and the clade Cavitaves (a large assemblage of birds that includes woodpeckers, kingfishers and trogons).[1][2][3][4][5][6] The name refers to the fact that the majority of them nest in cavities.

Eucavitaves

Leptosomatiformes (cuckoo roller)


Cavitaves

Trogoniformes (trogons)


Picocoraciae

Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes)


Picodynastornithes

Coraciiformes (rollers and kingfishers)

Piciformes (woodpeckers and toucans)






Cladogram of Eucavitaves relationships based on Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014)[6] with some clade names after Yury, T. et al. (2013).[7]

References

  1. ↑ Hackett, S.J.; et al. (2008). "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History". Science 320: 1763–8. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. PMID 18583609.
  2. ↑ Ericson, P.G. (2012). "Evolution of terrestrial birds in three continents: biogeography and parallel radiations" (PDF). Journal of Biogeography 39 (5): 813–824. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02650.x.
  3. ↑ Naish, D. (2012). "Birds." Pp. 379-423 in Brett-Surman, M.K., Holtz, T.R., and Farlow, J. O. (eds.), The Complete Dinosaur (Second Edition). Indiana University Press (Bloomington & Indianapolis).
  4. ↑ Yuri, T (2013). "Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals". Biology 2: 419–44. doi:10.3390/biology2010419.
  5. ↑ Kimball, R.T. et al. (2013) Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the Avian Tree of Life. Mol Phylogenet Evol. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.029
  6. 1 2 Jarvis, E. D.; Mirarab, S.; Aberer, A. J.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science 346 (6215): 1320–1331. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMID 25504713.
  7. ↑ Yuri, T.; et al. (2013). "Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals". Biology 2 (1): 419–444. doi:10.3390/biology2010419.


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