The Palaeognathae, or paleognaths, are one of the two living clades of birds - the other being Neognathae. Together, these two clades form the clade Neornithes. Palaeognathae contains five extant branches of flightless lineages (plus two extinct clades), termed ratites, and one flying lineage, the Neotropic tinamous. There are 47 species of tinamo...
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One of the two Superorders of ornithurine birds; it contains all birds with a palaeognathous palate—one formed by large, rigid bones (compared to a neognathous palate in which the vomer and basipterygoid process are reduced and a flexible joint exists between the pterygoid and palatine bones). Palaeognathae includes all living ratites as well as ...
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