Neornithes


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Neornithes

the group containing all birds with the exception of Archaeopteryx.
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The extinct species, of which two fossils were discovered in China's northeastern Hebei province about two years ago, was the earliest known member of the Ornithuromorpha branch that also gave us Neornithes, or modern birds.
Early bird winds back the avian clock
(2002): The Mesozoic record of Neornithes (modern birds).
Una nueva Calyptocephalellidae (Anura, Neobatrachia) del Cretacico Superior de la Patagonia, Argentina, con comentarios sobre su posicion sistematica
Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy.
When decisions on homologous structures cause ambiguous taxa relationships: the Neomorphinae (Aves, Cuculidae) example/ Interpretacoes de homologias primarias e ambiguidade nas posicoes filogeneticas dos taxons: o exemplo nos Neomorphinae (Aves, Cuculidae)
Check out birds' family tree at: http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/ tree/eukaryotes/animals/ chordata/dinosauria/aves/ neornithes.html
Fossil feud
Key words: Cretaceous, Argentina, Patagonia, coracoid, Neornithes, Cimolopterygidae.
RESUMEN: En el presente articulo, se describe el nuevo genero y especie de ave Neornithes Lamarqueavis australis.
Palabras clave: Cretacico, Argentina, Patagonia, coracoides, Neornithes, Cimolopterygidae.
Neornithes) deep in the Cretaceous (approximately 100 MYR ago), earlier than the first adequate record for the group (70 MYR ago).
The aim of the present paper is to report isolated bones belonging to the clade of Neornithes or "modern birds" collected in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina.
Ichthyornis, Ambiortus, and Neornithes) (ZHOU & ZHANG, 2001; HOPE, 2002; CLARKE & NORELL, 2002; CLARKE, 2004; CLARKE et al., 2006; YOU et al., 2006; ZHOU et al., 2009).
Within Ornithurae, the morphology of Lamarqueavis is clearly reminiscent to that of the crown-bird clade Neornithes. In fact this genus could be included within Neornithes on the basis of the following apomorphic feature: humeral articular surface not extended sternally beyond the omal margin of the scapular cotyla (see figure 3).
An avian coracoid from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina/Un coracoides de ave del Cretacico Superior de Patagonia, Argentina
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