Re: Some dumb questions

["T. Michael Keesey" <mightyodinn@yahoo.com>]

--- Jason Michalak <jasonbirder@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys I was wondering if you might help me with some dumb questions I 
> have.

Okay, but you'll have to provide some first.
 
> Are there any published phylogenetic names for the living orders of birds?

Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001 define _Tinamidae_ as a stem-modified crown clade.
All the other neornithean (=avian, in their usage) clades they define are more
inclusive than traditional orders.

I don't know of any other work that phylogenetically defines neornithean
clades, but would sure like to, if such exist.


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