| Otidae Temporal range: Eocene - Holocene, 38–0 Ma | |
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| Common Cuckoo | |
Scientific classification (Possibly defunct)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Passerea |
| Clade: | Otidae Wagler, 1830 |
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Otidae[1] is a clade that includes the superorders Otidimorphae (bustards, turacos, and cuckoos) and Strisores (nightbirds, swifts, and hummingbirds); identified in 2014 by genome analysis.[2] Before it was thought that Strisores was closely related to birds such as pigeons, flamingos, tropicbirds, and the Kagu in the possibly polyphyletic clade Metaves.[3][4] They occupy a basal branch of the clade Passerea.[2]
References[]
- ^ http://www.jboyd.net/Taxo/List4.html#otidae
- ^ a b Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014) Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science, 346(6215):1320–1331.
- ^ Fain, Matthew G. & Houde, Peter (2004). "Parallel radiations in the primary clades of birds" (PDF). Evolution. 58 (11): 2558–2573. PMID 15612298. doi:10.1554/04-235.
- ^ Hackett, S.J. et al. (2008) A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History. Science, 320(5884):1763–1768.
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