The PEDIGREE of
Superorder Pelecanimorphae (Water Birds)

     (petrels & penguins clade together; storks & pelicans etc. clade together)

 "Child(ren)":       Order Procellariiformes (Petrels & Albatrosses)   ;   Sphenisciformes (penguins)   ;   Ciconiiformes (storks : herons & egrets : ibises & spoonbills : shoebill : hamerkop)   ;   Pelecaniiformes (pelicans : cormorants etc.)   ;   Gaviiformes (loons : divers)   ;   poss. Podicipediformes (grebes)
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/-- Superclass Ornithodira   +====> [ 79]
/-- Clade Dinosauria
/-- Clade Saurischia ('lizard-hipped' dinosaurs)
/-- Clade Theropoda (Bipedal Dinosaurs)
/-- Clade Tetanurae
/-- Clade Coelurosauria (Feathered Theropods)
/-- Clade Maniraptora
/-- Clade Avialae (Birds)
/-- Clade Euornithes (Advanced Flying Birds)
/-- Class Aves (Modern Beaked Birds)
/-- Subclass Neornithes
/-- Infraclass Neognathae
/-- Legion Neoaves
/-- Sublegion Coronaves
/-- Cohort Pelecanae
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- Superorder Pelecanimorphae (Water Birds)
 

 
  ``2-Great Grandchild:''       Diomedea exulans (Wandering Albatross)
 

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