The PEDIGREE of
Cohort Pelecanae

     (this cohort is controversial; newer taxonomies exclude grebes and flamingos)

 "Child(ren)":       Subcohort Natores   ;   Subcohort Cuculimorphae   ;   prob. Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin)   ;   poss. Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)   ;   poss. Falconiformes (falcons : etc.)
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/-- Clade Tetanurae   +====> [ 98]
/-- Clade Coelurosauria (Feathered Theropods)
/-- Clade Maniraptora
/-- Clade Avialae (Birds)
/-- Class Aves (Modern Beaked Birds)
/-- Clade Pygostylia
/-- Clade Ornithothoraces
/-- Clade Euornithes (Advanced Flying Birds)
/-- Clade Ornithuromorpha
/-- Clade Ornithurae
/-- Clade Carinatae
/-- Subclass Neornithes
/-- Infraclass Neognathae
/-- Legion Neoaves
/-- Sublegion Coronaves
/  
- Cohort Pelecanae
 

 
  ``3-Great Grandchildren:''       Genus Diomedea (Great Albatrosses)   ;   Clade of Herons, Ibises & Spoonbills   ;   Family Ciconiidae (True Storks)   ;   Genus Eudynamys (true koels)   ;   Family Gruidae
 
  ``7-Great Grandchild:''       Cattle Egret
 

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