Metaves
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| Metavians | |
|---|---|
| File:Eurypyga helias -Smithsonian National Zoological Park, USA-8.jpg | |
| Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Neoaves |
| Clade: | Metaves Fain & Houde, 2004 |
| Subgroups | |
Metaves ("other birds") is a controversial group proposed by Fain & Houde (2004)[1] and later rescued on the studies of Ericson et al. (2006)[2] and Hackett et al. (2008).[3] This group consists of several lineages that diversified early in Neornithes evolution. These lineages include Strisores (hummingbirds, swifts, nightjars and allies), pigeons, sandgrouses, mesites, Eurypygae (sunbittern and kagu), tropicbirds and Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes), but the exact members of Metaves and their relationship differs between those studies, and the group is only supported by the β-fibrinogen gene.[4][5]
References
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- ^ Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2006) Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. Biology Letters, 2(4):543–547
- ^ Hackett, S.J. et al. (2008) A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History. Science, 320(5884):1763–1768.
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- ^ 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).
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