Biology:Metaves

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Short description: Clade of birds

Metavians
Eurypyga helias -Smithsonian National Zoological Park, USA-8.jpg
Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Neoaves
Clade: Metaves
Fain & Houde, 2004
Subgroups

Metaves ("other birds") is a controversial group proposed by Fain & Houde (2004)[1] and later rescued on the studies of Ericson et al. (2006)[2] and Hackett et al. (2008).[3] This group consists of several lineages that diversified early in Neornithes evolution. These lineages include Strisores (hummingbirds, swifts, nightjars and allies), pigeons, sandgrouses, mesites, Eurypygae (sunbittern and kagu), tropicbirds and Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes), but the exact members of Metaves and their relationship differs between those studies, and the group is only supported by the β-fibrinogen gene.[4][5]

References

  1. Fain, Matthew G.; Houde, Peter (2004). "Parallel radiations in the primary clades of birds". Evolution 58 (11): 2558–2573. doi:10.1554/04-235. PMID 15612298. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20130407204436/http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/houde/Parallel_radiations.pdf. 
  2. Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2006) Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils . Biology Letters, 2(4):543–547
  3. Hackett, S.J. et al. (2008) A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History. Science, 320(5884):1763–1768.
  4. Mayr G. (2011). "Metaves, Mirandornithes, Strisores and other novelties - a critical review of the higher-level phylogeny of neornithine birds.". J Zool Syst Evol Res 49: 58–76. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00586.x. 
  5. Naish, D. (2012). "Birds." Pp. 379-423 in Brett-Surman, M.K., Holtz, T.R., and Farlow, J. O. (eds.), The Complete Dinosaur (Second Edition). Indiana University Press (Bloomington & Indianapolis).

Wikidata ☰ Q2286312 entry