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Neognathae
Senin, 2026-07-06 04:57:07

young' and γνάθος (gnáthos) 'jaw') is an infraclass of birds, called neognaths, within the class Aves of the clade Archosauria. Neognathae includes the...

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Evolution of birds
Jumat, 2026-07-24 00:24:03

beginning of the Late Cretaceous. They are split into the paleognaths and neognaths. The paleognaths include the tinamous (grouse-like birds, found only in...

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Palaeognathae
Jumat, 2026-08-14 22:31:51

Zealand. A 2020 molecular study of all bird orders found paleognaths and neognaths to have diverged in the Late Cretaceous or earlier, before 70 million...

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Flamingo
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:14:55

Chubb, AL (2004). "New nuclear evidence for the oldest divergence among neognath birds: the phylogenetic utility of ZENK (i)". Molecular Phylogenetics and...

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Paleogene
Selasa, 2026-08-11 18:59:32

only surviving group of dinosaurs, quickly diversified from the very few neognath and paleognath clades that survived the extinction event, also radiating...

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Zhylgaia
Rabu, 2025-05-28 15:00:32

can be said about this taxon is that it was a modern bird, most likely a neognath.[citation needed] In 2008, Zhylgaia was assigned to Prophaethontidae—an...

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Fowl
Rabu, 2026-08-12 15:44:20

Chubb, A. (2004): New nuclear evidence for the oldest divergence among neognath birds: the phylogenetic utility of ZENK(i). Molecular Phylogenetics and...

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Anseriformes
Selasa, 2026-05-19 05:42:39

this skull suggested that Vegavis can only be confidently placed as a neognath of uncertain affinities. Below is the general consensus (prior to Torres...

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2026 in archosaur paleontology
Senin, 2026-08-17 13:34:25

original conclusion that powered prokinesis is most likely an autapomorphy of neognath birds. Lechki & Benson (2026) compare the reproductive output of extant...

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Teviornis
Senin, 2026-04-20 11:21:02

One species has been described, T. gobiensis. It is the oldest known neognath along with Vegavis, and its fossils are collected from the Nemegt Formation...

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Ratite
Kamis, 2026-08-13 23:51:34

On an allometric basis, paleognaths have generally smaller brains than neognaths. Kiwis are exceptions to this trend, and possess proportionally larger...

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Ichthyornithes
Senin, 2026-05-18 07:38:11

ichthyornitheans and pelagornithids. The study still classifies pelagornithids as neognaths based on a few post-cranial features and recovers them in a polytomy with...

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Presbyornithidae
Kamis, 2026-03-26 09:34:28

Aquitanian age of the Early Miocene. The family contains the oldest known neognath, Teviornis from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. Initially, presbyornithids...

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Ichthyornis
Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:15:09

Conversely, it had a palate remarkably convergent with that of modern neognaths. Ichthyornis fossils have been found in almost all levels of the Niobrara...

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Grebe
Kamis, 2026-06-11 02:03:41

(January 2004). "New nuclear evidence for the oldest divergence among neognath birds: the phylogenetic utility of ZENK (i)". Molecular Phylogenetics and...

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Pelagornithidae
Kamis, 2026-07-23 05:52:12

and Ichthyornis in terms of jaw anatomy, but still classifies them as neognaths due to the well-developed hypotarsal crests, a supratendineal bridge on...

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Rodrigues solitaire
Sabtu, 2026-08-15 00:45:35

Sexual size dimorphism in this species is perhaps the greatest in any neognath bird. Males were considerably larger than females, measuring 75.7–90 centimetres...

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Gobioolithus
Rabu, 2025-03-26 10:25:50

which, in turn, is classified in the prismatic morphotype (also called the neognath morphotype) of the ornithoid basic type. A cladistic analysis performed...

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Vegavis
Senin, 2026-07-13 11:20:57

that it was likely capable of honks as in ducks, geese, and other basal neognaths. Other potential specimens have also been reported, including a distal...

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Mirandornithes
Kamis, 2026-07-09 05:47:01

(January 2004). "New nuclear evidence for the oldest divergence among neognath birds: The phylogenetic utility of ZENK (i)". Molecular Phylogenetics and...

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Preening
Sabtu, 2026-08-15 13:49:08

in the ratites (emu, ostriches, cassowaries, rheas and kiwis) and some neognath birds, including bustards, woodpeckers, a few parrots and pigeons. Some...

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2022 in archosaur paleontology
Selasa, 2026-08-11 15:48:01

Picasso, Acosta Hospitaleche & Mosto (2022). Partial tarsometatarsus of a neognath bird from the Eocene Na Duong Formation (Vietnam) is published by Massonne...

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Eudromaeosauria
Minggu, 2026-08-16 12:30:54

phylogenetic inferences based on extant taxa. Among modern birds, tinamous and neognaths are believed to have had shoulder anatomy most similar to eudromaeosaurs...

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Pecten oculi
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 03:54:41

americana). The pleated type is reported in most other birds, including most neognaths and the cassowary (which is a palaeognath). See Plate XII at page 411...

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1996 in paleontology
Rabu, 2026-08-12 05:30:13

Valid Zelenitsky et al. Canada ( Alberta) Probably laid by a primitive neognath. Gobioolithus Valid Mikhailov Formerly called "Gobipteryx eggs", though...

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Plagioolithus
Jumat, 2024-06-14 07:50:21

It was formerly believed that triple-layered eggshells were unique to neognath birds, but some three-layered eggs have been found containing enantiornithines...

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Microolithus
Sabtu, 2024-01-13 16:57:14

and the other known Paleogene bird eggs. It closely resembles modern neognaths, especially the sandhill crane. Because of the numerous similarities of...

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Charles Sibley
Jumat, 2026-07-31 06:05:23

relationship of galliform birds and waterfowl and their distinctness from other neognaths – have been verified. Other results such as the inclusion of diverse groups...

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Sibley–Ahlquist taxonomy of birds
Jumat, 2026-07-24 16:57:33

is now called Neognathae. Neoaves now refers to a clade containing all neognaths except for Pangalloanserae. Galloanserae Gallomorphae Craciformes Cracidae...

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1995 in paleontology
Senin, 2026-08-03 12:04:43

Florida A phalacrocoracid Qinornis paleocenica Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Xue Xiangxu Early-Middle Paleocene Shimen Basin China An indeterminate neognath...

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Asteriornis
Senin, 2026-08-17 12:39:24

are generally fragmentary or poorly described. One of the oldest known neognath, specifically a stem-anseriform, is the presbyornithid Teviornis from the...

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Vegaviidae
Selasa, 2026-07-28 04:24:52

Irazoqui et al. suggested that Vegavis can only be confidently placed as a neognath of uncertain affinities. "Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds...

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Eleutherornis
Senin, 2026-05-18 13:25:19

paleontologist Gerald Mayr suggested that both D.? cotei and E. helveticus are neognaths and they possibly belong the same clade, while considering the putative...

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List of Mesozoic bird-line archosaur genera (T–Z)
Minggu, 2026-08-16 12:53:31

Maastrichtian) Mongolia ( Ömnögovi) A presbyornithid and one of the oldest known neognaths Texacephale - Nicholas R. Longrich - Julia Sankey - Darren Tanke 2010...

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López de Bertodano Formation
Minggu, 2026-08-16 09:17:56

diver neognath V. geitononesos Molluscan Allomember, Marambio Island MLP-PV 15-I-7-52. Skull lacking the upper beak A foot-propelled diver neognath V. notopothousa...

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Eremopezus
Senin, 2026-08-10 01:08:33

flightless neognath of some kind. This is potentially supported by several peculiar traits not at all found in ratites, but present in certain neognaths: its...

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Raphina
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 19:22:46

Sexual size dimorphism in the solitaire is perhaps the greatest in any neognath. One group, probably the males, were considerably larger than the other...

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Andrewsornis
Rabu, 2026-07-01 00:31:55

life history strategy, similar to that of other large and flightless neognaths but differing from that of megafaunal palaeognath birds. Andrewsornis...

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Gallornis
Senin, 2026-05-18 07:56:28

cannot even be reliably determined whether Gallornis was a paleognath or a neognath. Though the material is almost beyond recognition, a few features of the...

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List of vertebrate fauna of the Maastrichtian stage
Sabtu, 2026-07-04 05:22:32

66–63 Ma, Maastrichtian to Danian Hornerstown Formation, New Jersey, USA A neognath that may have been semiaquatic. †Lectavis †Lectavis bretincola 70.6–66...

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