Phaethoquornithes

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Phaethoquornithes

1. A taxonomic clade within the subclass Aves – certain birds, including core water birds.

Hypernyms

• (clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder

Hyponyms

• (clade): Eurypygimorphae (tropicbirds, sunbitterns, and kagu), Aequornithes (core water birds) – clades

Coordinate terms

• (clade): varies under alternative molecular analyses, often includes Telluraves (core landbirds)

References

• Phaethoquornithes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phaethoquornithes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Phaethoquornithes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons