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Palaeognathae

Palaeognathae (/ˌpæliˈɒɡnəθi/; from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old' and γνάθος (gnáthos) 'jaw') is an infraclass of birds, called paleognaths or palaeognaths. It is one of the two infraclasses of birds, the other being Neognathae, both of which form Neornithes (equivalent to the class Aves in a narrow sense). Palaeognathae contains five extant…

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related to history · 18
Palaeognathae → Ahlquist, Carinatae, Cracraft, Dubois, Galliformes, However, Huxley, In, Lesson, Linnaeus, Merrem, Parker, Ratitae, Sharpe, Shufeldt, Sibley, Struthio, The
related to Biogeography · 17
Palaeognathae → According, Asia, Both, Cenozoic, Cretaceous, Europe, Gondwana, In, Laurasian, Neornithes, North America, Paleogene, Southern Hemisphere, Tertiary, There, This, Today
related to External links · 16
Palaeognathae → Animal Diversity WebRegional Cladogram, April, AvesPaleognath Monophyly Archived, Evolution, January, Life Web Project, Molecular Biology, Natural History Archived, Page On, PalaeognathaeOxford Journal, Paleognaths, PaleognathsAvibaseIntroduction, PaleognathsEvolutionary Cladogram, Tree, Wayback MachineAvian BiotechPalaeognathae, Wayback MachineOrnithology
related to Cladistics · 13
Palaeognathae → Casuariiformes, Cladogram, Current, Dinocrypturi, Four, It, Kück, Notopalaeognathae, Novaeratitae, Sangster, Suh, Takezaki, Yuri
related to Sizes · 7
Palaeognathae → Emus, Living, Males, Ostrich, Ostriches, Struthioniformes, They

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