Eufalconimorphae
| Eufalconimorphae Temporal range: Paleocene - Holocene, | |
|---|---|
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| Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Australaves |
| Clade: | Eufalconimorphae Suh et al., 2011 |
| Subclades | |
Eufalconimorphae is a proposed clade of birds, consisting of passerines, parrots and falcons (but not other raptors).[1] It has whole-genome DNA support.[2]
References
- ↑ Alexander Suh, Martin Paus, Martin Kiefmann, Gennady Churakov, Franziska Anni Franke, Jürgen Brosius, Jan Ole Kriegs & Jürgen Schmitz (2011). "Mesozoic retroposons reveal parrots as the closest living relatives of passerine birds". Nature Communications 2 (8): 443. doi:10.1038/ncomms1448. PMC 3265382. PMID 21863010.
- ↑ Jarvis, E. D.; Mirarab, S.; Aberer, A. J.; Li, B.; Houde, P.; Li, C.; Ho, S. Y. W.; Faircloth, B. C.; Nabholz, B.; Howard, J. T.; Suh, A.; Weber, C. C.; Da Fonseca, R. R.; Li, J.; Zhang, F.; Li, H.; Zhou, L.; Narula, N.; Liu, L.; Ganapathy, G.; Boussau, B.; Bayzid, M. S.; Zavidovych, V.; Subramanian, S.; Gabaldon, T.; Capella-Gutierrez, S.; Huerta-Cepas, J.; Rekepalli, B.; Munch, K.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds" (PDF). Science 346 (6215): 1320–1331. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMID 25504713.
External links
- Tetrapod Zoology, after Suh et al. (2011).
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