The PEDIGREE of
Suborder Lari (Gulls & kin)

     ('Children' listed in approximate order of cladistic closeness to Laridae)

 "Child(ren)":       Family Laridae (Gulls, terns & skimmers)   ;   terns   ;   Egyptian plover   ;   skuas & jaegers   ;   auks & puffers & guillemots etc.   ;   coursers & pratincoles   ;   crab plover
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/-- Clade Maniraptora   +====> [ 100]
/-- 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
/-- Supercohort Passerae-Charadriae (Land Birds & Shore Birds)
/-- Order Charadriiformes (Shore Birds)
/  
- Suborder Lari (Gulls & kin)
 

 
  ``Grandchild:''       Genus Larus (some gulls)
 

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