Dinocrypturi
| Dinocrypturi Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| Great tinamou (Tinamus major) | |
| North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Clade: | Notopalaeognathae |
| Clade: | Dinocrypturi Sangster et al., 2022[1] |
| Orders | |
Dinocrypturi is a clade of flightless birds within Notopalaeognathae that includes the orders Tinamiformes (tinamous) and the extinct Dinornithiformes (moas).[1]
References
- ^ a b Sangster, George; Braun, Edward L.; Johansson, Ulf S.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Mayr, Gerald; Suh, Alexander (2022). "Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds". Avian Research. 13 100027. doi:10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100027. Retrieved 4 September 2025.