Telluraves

Telluraves Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Holocene, 66–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
European robin, Erithacus rubecula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Superorder:	Neoaves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Clade:	Telluraves Yuri et al., 2013
Clades
Afroaves Australaves

Telluraves (also called land birds or core landbirds) is a recently defined^[1] clade of birds with controversial content. Based on most recent genetic studies, the clade unites a variety of bird groups, including the australavians (passerines, parrots, seriamas, and falcons) as well as the afroavians (including raptors and woodpeckers).^[2][3] They appear to be the sister group of a newly defined clade centered on Aequornithes.^[4]

Given that the two most basal branches of both Afroaves and Australaves are predatory, it is inferred that the common ancestor of Telluraves was an apex predator.^[4]

Telluraves

Afroaves Accipitrimorphae Accipitriformes Cathartiformes (New World vultures) Strigiformes (owls) Coraciimorphae Coliiformes (mousebirds) Eucavitaves Leptosomatiformes (cuckoo roller) Cavitaves Trogoniformes (trogons) Picocoraciae Bucerotiformes (hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes) Picodynastornithes Coraciformes Piciformes Australaves Cariamiformes (seriemas) Eufalconimorphae Falconiformes (falcons) Psittacopasserae Psittaciformes (parrots) Passeriformes (songbirds and kin)

Cladogram of Telluraves relationships based on Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014)^[4] with some clade names after Yury, T. et al. (2013).^[1]

References

1. 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.
2. 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).
3. 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.
4. 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.