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Neoaves

Reptilia - Theropoda

Taxonomy

Neoaves was named by Sibley et al. (1988). It is extant.

It was assigned to Neognathae by Bertelli et al. (2010); and to Neognathae by Clarke et al. (2005), Slack et al. (2006), Lindow and Dyke (2006), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mayr (2009) and Musser and Clarke (2020).

Subtaxa

Aequorlitornithes, Fluvioviridavidae, Nahmavis, Natatores, Terrestrornithes

Sister taxa

Aequorlitornithes, Natatores, Terrestrornithes

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1988	Neoaves Sibley and et al.
2005	Neoaves Clarke et al. p. 307
2006	Neoaves Lindow and Dyke p. 485
2006	Neoaves Slack et al. p. 1150
2007	Neoaves Livezey and Zusi p. 90
2009	Neoaves Mayr p. 14 figs. Figure 3.1
2010	Neoaves Bertelli et al.
2020	Neoaves Musser and Clarke

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
order	Theropoda
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. Neoaves Sibley 1988

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Unr. Aequorlitornithes Prum et al. 2015

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Invalid names: Ardeae [empty]

Fm. †Fluvioviridavidae Mayr 2005

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G. †Eurofluvioviridavis Mayr 2005

†Eurofluvioviridavis robustipes Mayr 2005

G. †Fluvioviridavis Mayr and Daniels 2001

†Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus Mayr and Daniels 2001

G. †Nahmavis Musser and Clarke 2020