Carinatae

See also: carinatae

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin carinatus (“shaped like a keel, having a keel-shaped ridge”).

Proper noun

Carinatae

1. (dated) A taxonomic subclass within the class Aves – Birds having a pronounced keel-like sternum, to which muscles used in flight attach.
2. A taxonomic clade within the subclass Aves – Birds descended from a certain common ancestral type of bird, possibly having a keel-like sternum and other bone-structure characteristics.
3. Ornithurae

Usage notes

• Bird lineage remains particularly unsettled, so the definition and relationships of Carinatae is subject to revision and the name may become disused.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades

Hyponyms

• (subclass): Neornithes - infraclass; Limenavis - genus

References

• Carinatae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carinatae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Carinatae, Neoaves, Neognathae at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Carinatae at Paleobiology Database