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Aepyornithidae
| Ave elefante | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Estado de conservación | ||
 Extinto desde siglo XVI (UICN 3.1) | ||
| Taxonomía | ||
| Reino: | Animalia | |
| Filo: | Chordata | |
| Clase: | Aves | |
| Subclase: | Neornithes | |
| Superorden: | Palaeognathae | |
| Orden: | Struthioniformes | |
| Familia: |
Aepyornithidae Bonaparte, 1853 | |
| Géneros | ||
Los epiornítidos (Aepyornithidae), conocidas como aves elefante, son un clado de aves paleognatas extintas no voladoras endémicas de Madagascar.[1][2] Según los últimos estudios moleculares, los epiornítidos son grupo hermano de los kiwis neozelandeses.[3]
- ↑ Clements, J. F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition. Cornell University Press. Downloadable from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- ↑ Sibley, Charles Gald & Ahlquist, Jon Edward (1990): Phylogeny and classification of birds. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.
- ↑ Mitchell, K.J. et al. (2014) Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution. Science, 344(6186):898-900.
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