Dinocrypturi

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Dinocrypturi
Temporal range: MioceneHolocene
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Great tinamou (Tinamus major)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Clade: Notopalaeognathae
Clade: Dinocrypturi
Sangster et al., 2022 [1]

Dinocrypturi is a clade of flightless birds within Notopalaeognathae that includes the orders Tinamiformes (tinamous) and the extinct Dinornithiformes (moas). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 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.