Order Cariamiformes Fürbringer 1888 (bird)
Parent taxon: Neornithes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones 2024, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Mayr and Noriega 2015
Sister taxa: Aequornithes, Alectromorphae, Cathartiformes, Colymbomorphae, Coraciomorphae, Eurypygiformes, Galbuliformes, Leptosomiformes, Lonchodytes pterygius, Mesitornithiformes, Neognathae, Odontognathae, Otidiformes, Palaeognathae, Pelargomorphae, Phoenicopteriformes, Picocoraciae, Pterocliformes
Subtaxa: Cariamidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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