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Ornithurae (meaning "bird tails" in Gr****) is a
natural group that
includes modern birds and
their very
close relatives such as
Ichthyornis and the hesperornithines...
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Phylogenetic Taxonomy, and
Systematics of
Ichthyornis and
Apatornis (Avialae:
Ornithurae)" (PDF).
Bulletin of the
American Museum of
Natural History. 286: 1–179...
- Luis
Chiappe in 1999 as the
common ancestor of Patagopteryx, Vorona, and
Ornithurae, plus all of its descendants.
Because one
definition is node-based and...
- (2017)
considered the
family Vegaviidae to be stem
group birds within Ornithurae. Mayr et al. (2018)
claimed that
comparison of the
plesiomorphic traits...
-
Phylogenetic Taxonomy, and
Systematics of
Ichthyornis and
Apatornis (Avialae:
Ornithurae)" (PDF).
Bulletin of the
American Museum of
Natural History. 286: 1–179...
- analyses, this
definition would be
synonymous with the more
widely used name
Ornithurae. An
alternate definition was
provided in 2001,
naming Carinatae an apomorphy-based...
- most
living birds. The
taxonomy of this
group is confusing; the name "
Ornithurae" was
first proposed by
Ernst Haeckel in 1866 and has been
revised in meaning...
- feathers. The
other pygostyle type is plowshare-shaped. It is
found in
Ornithurae (living
birds and
their closest relatives), and in
almost all
flying species...
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cervical vertebrae, that were
previously known only in
members of the
Ornithurae. A
phylogenetic analysis by Zhou et al.
reduces to just
three the number...
-
phylogenetic taxonomy, and
systematics of
Ichthyornis and
Apatornis (Avialae:
Ornithurae)" (PDF).
Bulletin of the
American Museum of
Natural History. 286: 1–179...
