Kingdom Animalia Clade Avialae Higher classification Avialae | Phylum Chordata Scientific name Euavialae | |
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Clade Euavialae
Ji et al., 2002 Lower classifications Bird, Enantiornithes, Hesperornis | ||
Euavialae (meaning "true winged birds") is a group of birds which includes all avialan species more closely related to modern birds, than to the primitive, long-tailed birds Archaeopteryx and Jeholornis.
Cladogram following the results of a phylogenetic study by Lefèvre et al., 2014:
References
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