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Sylviornithidae is an
extinct family of
flightless birds,
known from
subfossil bones found in
Holocene aged
deposits on the
Melanesian islands of New...
- is
considered to
constitute one of two
genera in the
extinct family Sylviornithidae,
alongside Megavitiornis from Fiji,
which are
related to the Galliformes...
- ratites, they are
known as carinatae. Worldwide; 250
species Family †
Sylviornithidae Suborder Megapodii Family Megapodidae:
megapodes Suborder Craci Family...
- The
Galliformes are a
clade of bird
species of
cosmopolitan distribution that, with the Anseriformes,
belong to the
branch Galloanserae. The
group have...
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Sylviornis of New Caledonia, with both
genera belonging to the
family Sylviornithidae outside of the
Galliformes crown group. It is
likely that it became...
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Affinity for the
Giant Extinct Flightless Bird
Sylviornis neocaledoniae (
Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres)". PLOS ONE. 11 (3): e0150871. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1150871W...
- (vide Prévost, 1855) [Diatryma Cope, 1876] (Paleocene-Eocene)
Family †
Sylviornithidae? Mourer-Chauviré & Balouet, 2005 †Sylviornis Poplin, 1980 (Holocene)...
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Scopelortyx Xorazmortyx †Quercymegapodiidae
Ameripodius Quercymegapodius Taubacrex †
Sylviornithidae Megavitiornis Sylviornis Galliformes See
below ↓...
- of the Galliformes,
McInerny et al also
found weak
support for the
Sylviornithidae (another
enigmatic family of
giant birds from
Oceania that also went...
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Scopelortyx Xorazmortyx †Quercymegapodiidae
Ameripodius Quercymegapodius Taubacrex †
Sylviornithidae Megavitiornis Sylviornis Galliformes See
below ↓...
