Dinocrypturi
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Dinocrypturi Temporal range:
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Great tinamou (Tinamus major) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Clade: | Notopalaeognathae |
Clade: | Dinocrypturi Sangster et al., 2022[1] |
Dinocrypturi is a clade of flightless birds within Notopalaeognathae that includes the orders Tinamiformes (tinamous) and the extinct Dinornithiformes (moas).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sangster, George; Braun, Edward L.; Johansson, Ulf S.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Mayr, Gerald; Suh, Alexander (2022). "Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds". Avian Research. 13 100027. doi:10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100027. Retrieved 4 September 2025.