Inopinaves
| Inopinaves Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent | |
|---|---|
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| Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Neoaves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves Prum et al., 2015 |
| Clades | |
Inopinaves is a clade of neoavian birds recovered in a compressive genomic systematic study using nearly 200 species in 2015; it contains the clades Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzin) and Telluraves (core landbirds); the study shows that the Hoatzin diverge from other birds 64 million years ago.[1] Previous studies have placed the Hoatzin in different parts of the bird family tree though these studies seem to support that its be very derived bird that reverted or retain some plesiomorphic traits, an ancient species as previously thought .[2][3][4]
See also
- Gruae for an alternative hypothesis on the placement of the Hoatzin
References
- ↑ Prum, R. O. et al. A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing. Nature (2015). doi:10.1038/nature15697
- ↑ Fain, Matthew G. & Houde, Peter (2004). "Parallel radiations in the primary clades of birds" (PDF). Evolution 58 (11): 2558–2573. doi:10.1554/04-235. PMID 15612298.
- ↑ Hackett, S.J. et al. (2008) A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History. Science, 320(5884):1763–1768.
- ↑ Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014) Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science, 346(6215):1320-1331.
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