Clade of birds
Australaves is a clade of birds ,[ 3] defined in 2012,[ 4] consisting of the Eufalconimorphae (passerines , parrots and falcons ) as well as the Cariamiformes (including seriemas and the extinct "terror birds ").[ 5] They appear to be the sister group of Afroaves .[ 5] This clade was defined in the PhyloCode by George Sangster and colleagues in 2022 as "the least inclusive crown clade containing Cariama cristata and Passer domesticus ".[ 6]
The clade's name, meaning 'southern birds', reflects the group's evolutionary origins in the Southern Hemisphere : passerines and parrots in Australia , and falcons and seriemas in South America .[ 4]
As in the case of Afroaves, the most basal clades have predatory extant members, suggesting this was the ancestral lifestyle;[ 7] however, some researchers like Darren Naish are skeptical of this assessment, since some extinct representatives such as the herbivorous Strigogyps led other lifestyles.[ 8] Basal parrots and falcons are at any rate vaguely crow -like and probably omnivorous.[ 9]
Cladogram of Telluraves relationships based on Kuhl et al . (2020) and Braun & Kimball (2021)[ 2] [ 10]
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^ a b Kuhl, H.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Mayr, G.; Nikolaus, G.; Boerno, S.T.; Klages, S.; Timmermann, B.; Gahr, M. (2021). "An unbiased molecular approach using 3′-UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life" . Molecular Biology and Evolution . 38 (1): 108– 127. doi :10.1093/molbev/msaa191 . PMC 7783168 . PMID 32781465 .
^ Kimball RT, Wang N, Heimer-McGinn V, Ferguson C, Braun EL (2013). "Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the Avian Tree of Life". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 69 (3). Mol Phylogenet Evol: 1021– 1032. Bibcode :2013MolPE..69.1021K . doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.029 . PMID 23791948 .
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^ a b Prum, Richard O.; Berv, Jacob S.; Dornburg, Alex; Field, Daniel J.; Townsend, Jeffrey P.; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Lemmon, Alan R. (2015). "A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing" . Nature . 526 (7574): 569– 573. Bibcode :2015Natur.526..569P . doi :10.1038/nature15697 . ISSN 1476-4687 . PMID 26444237 . Retrieved 2024-07-23 .
^ Sangster, George; Braun, Edward L.; Johansson, Ulf S.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Mayr, Gerald; Suh, Alexander (2022-01-01). "Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds" (PDF) . Avian Research . 13 : 100027. Bibcode :2022AvRes..1300027S . doi :10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100027 . ISSN 2053-7166 .
^ Jarvis, E. D. ; Mirarab, S.; Aberer, A. J.; Li, B.; Houde, P.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds" (PDF) . Science . 346 (6215): 1320– 1331. Bibcode :2014Sci...346.1320J . doi :10.1126/science.1253451 . hdl :10072/67425 . PMC 4405904 . PMID 25504713 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-08-29 .
^ Mayr, Gerald; Richter, Gotthard (2011). "Exceptionally preserved plant parenchyma in the digestive tract indicates a herbivorous diet in the Middle Eocene bird Strigogyps sapea (Ameghinornithidae)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift . 85 (3): 303– 307. Bibcode :2011PalZ...85..303M . doi :10.1007/s12542-010-0094-5 . ISSN 0031-0220 .
^ Martin, Larry D. (2010-12-15). "Paleogene avifauna of the Holarctic" . Vertebrata PalAsiatica . 48 (4): 367–374. ISSN 2096-9899 .
^ Braun, Edward L.; Kimball, Rebecca T. (2021-01-05). "Data Types and the Phylogeny of Neoaves" . Birds . 2 (1): 1– 22. doi :10.3390/birds2010001 . ISSN 2673-6004 .