Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Neornithes – modern birds

After Olson, 1985, and Feduccia, 1980, 1996

Alternative phylogeny of Neornithes after Sibley & Ahlqvist, 1990

<==o Neornithes Gadow, 1893 [Aves sensu stricto (Gauthier 1986)] (nykylinnut; modern birds)
   |?- †Eremopezus eocaenus Andrews, 1904 [Stromeria fajumensis Lambrecht, 1929] [Eremopezidae Rothschild, 1911 sensu Rasmussen et al., 2000] [Neornithes incertae sedis: associated with Ratitae]
   |?- †Proceriavis martini Harrison & Walker, 1979
   |?-o †Palaeopapia Harrison & Walker, 1979b [Neornithes incertae sedis: associated with Anseriformes]
   |  |?- †P. eous (Harrison & Walker, 1976) [Howardi eous Harrison & Walker, 1976, incl. Colymboides anglicus Lydekker, 1891, in partim]
   |  `?- †P. hamsteadiensis Harrison & Walker, 1979b
   |?- †Paracycnopterus scotti Harrison & Walker, 1979b [Neornithes incertae sedis: associated with Anseriformes]
   |-- Paleognathia Huxley, 1867 [Palaeognathae Pygraft, 1900] (vanhaleukaiset)
   `-- Neognathia Huxley, 1867 [Neognathae Pygraft, 1900] (uusleukaiset)

<==o Neornithes
   |--o Eoaves [Paleognathe; Paleognathia]
   |  |-- Galloanserae
   |  `--o Ratitae
   |     |--o Tinamiformes
   |     |  `-- Tinamidae
   |     `--o Struthioniformes
   |        |--o Struthioni
   |        |  |--o Struthionides
   |        |  |  `-- Struthionidae
   |        |  `--o Rheides
   |        |     `-- Rheidae
   |        `--o Casuarii
   |           |-- Apterygidae
   |           `-- Casuariidae
   `--o Neoaves
      |--o Turnicida
      |  `--o Turniciformes
      |     `-- Turnicidae
      `--+-- Picae
         `--+-- Coraciae
            `--+--o Coliae
               |  `--o Coliiformes
               |     `-- Coliidae
               `-- Passerae

Reference(s):

• Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
  –Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196
• Feduccia, A. 1996: The origin and evolution of birds.
  –Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1996. xii-420
• Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
  in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
  –Academic Press, New York. 1985.
• Rasmussen, D. T., Olson, S. L. & Simons, E. L., 1987: Fossil birds from the Oligocene Jebel Quatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt.
  –Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 62, pp. iv-20
• Rasmussen, D. T., Simons, E. L., Hertel, F. & Judd, A., 2001: Hindlimb of a giant terrestrial bird from the Upper Eocene, Fayum, Egypt.
  –Palaeontology: Vol. 44, #2, pp. 325-337