Re: The duck that ruled the world.

[João Simões Lopes Filho <jodan99@uol.com.br>]

Each ratite cladogram I saw showed different points of view.
If Ratites existed in Gondwana before its breakup, each group must have
evolved at a different "block"
South America - Rheiformes and Tinamiformes (I'm using the traditional names
for the orders, Ok?)
Africa - Struthioniformes?
India - ? (the origin of European Remiornis? Struthioniformes?)
Madagascar - Aepyornithiformes?
Australia - Casuariiformes
New Zealand - Dinornithiformes + Apterygiformes

Joao SL
Rio

----- Original Message -----
From: <NJPharris@aol.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: The duck that ruled the world.


> In a message dated 5/26/2000 7:32:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com writes:
>
> > Moas and kiwis are Dinornithiformes.  Moas (_Dinornis_, _Euryapteryx_,
> >  _Emeus_, _Pachyornis_, _Megalapteryx_, _Anomalopteryx_) belong to two
> >  families, Dinornithidae and Emeidae, within the Dinornithiformes.
Kiwis
> >  (_Apteryx_), which are still with us, belong to a third family,
> Apterygidae.
>
> Actually, I seem to remember reading a few years ago about a molecular
study
> that placed moas closer to emus and cassowaries, with kiwis the next
outgroup
> to these.    Anyone else out there remember more clearly about this?
>
> Nick P.
>