Cariamiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Cariama +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Cariamiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – seriemas and several families of extinct birds.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Cariamidae - sole extant family; †Phorusrhacoidea - extinct suborder; †Bathornithidae, †Idiornithidae, †Ameghinornithidae, †Salmilidae, †Geranoididae - other extinct families

References

Cariamiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cariamiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cariamiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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