| Carinatans Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent | |
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| Ichthyornis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| (unranked): | Carinatae |
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The Carinatae are, in phylogenetic taxonomy, the last common ancestor of the Neornithes (modern birds) and Ichthyornis (an extinct seabird of the Cretaceous), and all its descendants.[1] Defined in this way, the group includes all modern birds, both living and recently extinct, and a few Mesozoic forms.
References[]
- ^ Cracraft, Joel (1986). "The origin and early diversification of birds". Paleobiology. 12 (4): pp. 383–399.
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