Dinocrypturi

Dinocrypturi; Temporal range: Miocene–Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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

Last updated October 19, 2025

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

References

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.

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[ALPHA-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.

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Dinocrypturi Temporal range: Miocene–Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

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]