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Aequornithes (/iːkwɔːrˈnɪθiːz/, from
Latin aequor,
expanse of
water + Gr**** ornithes, birds), or core
water birds, are
defined in the
PhyloCode as "the...
- up Neoaves. Significantly, they both
include a
large waterbird clade (
Aequornithes) and a
large landbird clade (Telluraves). The
groups defined by Reddy...
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Phaethoquornithes is a
clade of
birds that
contains Eurypygimorphae and
Aequornithes,
which was
first recovered by
genome analysis in 2014.
Members of Eurypygimorphae...
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Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds)
Eurypygiformes (kagus and sunbitterns)
Aequornithes Gaviiformes (loons or divers)
Sphenisciformes (penguins) Procellariiformes...
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Eurypygimorphae Aequornithes...
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Eurypygimorphae Aequornithes...
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these two
clades forming the
sister group of the "core
water birds", the
Aequornithes, and the
Metaves hypothesis abandoned.
Family Phaethontidae Brandt 1840...
- (20). Mayr,
Gerald (2022), Mayr,
Gerald (ed.), "Phaethontiformes and
Aequornithes: The
Aquatic and Semi-aquatic
Neaovian Taxa",
Paleogene Fossil Birds...
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Genera of ibis, herons,
pelicans and
their extinct allies Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class: Aves Clade:
Aequornithes Order: Pelecaniformes...
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German ornithologist Gerald Mayr
defined the "core waterbird"
clade Aequornithes in 2010. This
lineage gives rise to the Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes...
