Clade Neognathae Pycraft 1900 (bird)
PaleoDB taxon number: 98826
Parent taxon: Neornithes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Aequornithes, Alectromorphae, Cariamiformes, Cathartiformes, Colymbomorphae, Coraciomorphae, Eurypygiformes, Galbuliformes, Leptosomiformes, Lonchodytes pterygius, Mesitornithiformes, Odontognathae, Odontolcae, Otidiformes, Palaeognathae, Pelargomorphae, Phoenicopteriformes, Picocoraciae, Pterocliformes, Yacoraitichnus
Subtaxa: Alciformes, Anas benedeni, Anas creccoides, Eurolimnornithiformes, Gracilitarsidae, Neoaves, Odontoanserae, Pangalloanserae, Pelagornithidae, Perplexicervix, Scandiavis, Vastanavis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore