Possible Late Cretaceous origin based on molecular clock[2][3]
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Infraclass:
Neognathae
Clade:
Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
Clades
Charadriiformes
Columbimorphae
Gruiformes
Mirandornithes
Opisthocomiformes
Otidimorphae
Phaethoquornithes
Strisores
Telluraves
Neoaves is a clade that consists of all modern birds (Neornithes or Aves) with the exception of Palaeognathae (ratites and kin) and Galloanserae (ducks, chickens and kin).[4] Almost 95% of the roughly 10,000 known species of extant birds belong to the Neoaves.[5]
The early diversification of the various neoavian groups occurred very rapidly around the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event,[6][7] and attempts to resolve their relationships with each other have resulted initially in much controversy.[8][9]
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large phylogenomic studies of Neoaves have led to much progress on defining orders and supraordinal groups within Neoaves. Still, the studies have failed...
between Galloanseres and Neoaves at 85 million years ago. Notably, these studies show that the rapid proliferation of lineages in Neoaves seems to coincide with...
John (2005): The Tree of Life Web Project - Neoaves. Version of 2005-DEC-14. Retrieved 2008-JAN-08. Tree of Life: Neoaves Tree of Life: Galloanserae...
Kevin de Queiroz as "most inclusive clade containing Galloanserae but not Neoaves". It contains crown Galloanserae as well as all stem-galloanserans. Field...
exception of screamers, males have penises, a trait that has been lost in the Neoaves. Due to their aquatic nature, most species are web-footed. Anseriformes...
J. I; Parsons, T. J; Zuccon, D.; Mayr, G. (2006). "Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils". Biology Letters....
Ohlson, JI; Parsons, TJ; Zuccon, D (December 2006). "Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils" (PDF). Biology Letters...
et al. (2014). Their genomic analysis recovered two major clades within Neoaves, Passerea and Columbea, and concluded that both clades appear to have many...
This is a list of herbivorous animals, organized in a roughly taxonomic manner. In general, entries consist of animal species known with good certainty...
fully developed in Cracidae) possess a penis, which is never present in Neoaves. Its length is thought to be related to sperm competition and it fills...
According to Stiller et al. (2024), it is one of the four major subclades of Neoaves and sister to Telluraves. Stiller J, et al. (2024). "Complexity of avian...
e Genera of pigeons, sandgrouse, mesites and their extinct allies Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Neoaves Clade: Columbimorphae...
elevated them to ordinal status as the Turniciformes and basal to other Neoaves either because their accelerated rate of molecular evolution exceeded the...
PMC 10895254. Braun, Edward L.; Kimball, Rebecca T. (2021). "Data types and the phylogeny of Neoaves". Birds. 2 (1): 1–22. doi:10.3390/birds2010001. v t e...
Genera of shorebirds and their extinct allies Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Neognathae Clade: Neoaves Order: Charadriiformes...
pelagornithids lack a crest on the underside of the palatine bone, while the Neoaves – the sister clade of the Galloanserae which includes the "higher waterbirds"...
the other's family. Ericson, P.G.P.; et al. (2006). "Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils" (PDF). Biology Letters...
Genera of shorebirds and their extinct allies Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Neognathae Clade: Neoaves Order: Charadriiformes...
Genera of shorebirds and their extinct allies Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Neognathae Clade: Neoaves Order: Charadriiformes...
J. I; Parsons, T. J; Zuccon, D.; Mayr, G. (2006). "Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils". Biology Letters....
S.; Ohlson, M.; Parsons, T.J. (22 December 2006). "Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils". Biology Letters....
Evolution 58(11): 2558–2573. Ericson et al. (2006) Diversification of Neoaves: Integration of molecular sequence data and fossils. Biology Letters 2...
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