The PEDIGREE of
Clade Avialae (Birds)

 "Child(ren)":       Class Aves (Modern Beaked Birds)   ;   Archaeopteryx (extinct)   ;   other extinct orders
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/-- Infraphylum Tetrapoda   +====> [ 86]
/-- Clade Reptiliomorpha
/-- Microphylum Amniota (Mammals, Reptiles, etc.)
/-- Class Sauropsida (Reptiles)
/-- Clade Romeriida
/-- Subclass Diapsida
/-- Infraclass Archosauromorpha
/-- Clade of Archosauria
/-- Superclass Ornithodira
/-- Clade Dinosauria
/-- Clade Saurischia ('lizard-hipped' dinosaurs)
/-- Clade Theropoda (Bipedal Dinosaurs)
/-- Clade Tetanurae
/-- Clade Coelurosauria (Feathered Theropods)
/-- Clade Maniraptora
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- Clade Avialae (Birds)
 

 
  ``3-Great Grandchild:''       Clade Ornithuromorpha
 
  ``9-Great Grandchildren:''       Sublegion Coronaves   ;   Sublegion Metaves   ;   Order Galliformes (Landfowl : Gamebirds)   ;   Order Anseriformes (Waterfowl)   ;   Clade Novaeratitae (Kiwi, Emu, etc.)
 

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