Sylviornithidae

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Sylviornithidae
Temporal range: Holocene
Skeletal reconstruction of Sylviornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Pangalliformes
Family: Sylviornithidae
Balouet
, 2005
Genera

Sylviornithidae is an extinct family of

monotypic family consisting of Sylviornis alone, but recent studies show that Megavitiornis was part of this clade as well.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Worthy, T., Mitri, M., Handley, W., Lee, M., Anderson, A., Sand, C. 2016. Osteology supports a steam-galliform affinity for the giant extinct flightless birds Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres). PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150871