Name - Neornithes

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:238605 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Neornithes Gadow 1893

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• A new Cretaceous bird from the Maastrichtian La Colonia Formation (Patagonia, Argentina).
• Remarkable insights into modern bird origins from the Maastrichtian type area (north-east Belgium, south-east Netherlands).
• First report of a morulated Ascaridoidea (Nematoda) egg in an avian coprolite from the Paleogene of the Paraiba Valley, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• Craniocervical morphological integration in birds.
• A secondary endochondral ossification centre in the furcula of extant birds and its significance for the evolution of the neornithine acrocoracoclavicular joint.

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