Pangalloanserae

Pangalloanserae; Temporal range: 105–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous - Present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Neognathae
Clade:	Pangalloanserae; Gauthier and de Queiroz, 2001
Subgroups
	†Asteriornis; Galloanserae Odontoanserae; Pangalliformes; ;

Pangalloanserae is a clade of birds defined in a 2001 study by Jacques Gauthier and Kevin de Queiroz as "most inclusive clade containing Galloanserae but not Neoaves". It contains crown Galloanserae as well as all stem-galloanserans.[1][2]

References

Gauthier, Jacques; de Queiroz, Kevin (2001). "Feathered Dinosaurs, Flying Dinosaurs, Crown Dinosaurs and the Names "Aves"". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Field, Daniel J.; Benito, Juan; Chen, Albert; Jagt, John W. M.; Ksepka, Daniel T. (March 2020). "Late Cretaceous neornithine from Europe illuminates the origins of crown birds". Nature. 579 (7799): 397–401. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2096-0. ISSN 1476-4687.

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