The PEDIGREE of
Order Charadriiformes (Shore Birds)

     aka Charadriae; aka waders (Brit. usage only); ('Children' listed in approx. order of cladistic closeness to Lari)
 "Child(ren)":       Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers)   ;   Suborder Lari (Gulls & kin)   ;   Turnici (buttonquails)   ;   Thinocori (jacanas & seedsnipe & etc.)   ;   Chionidi (thick-knees : sheathbills : etc.)   ;   Charadrii (plovers & lapwings : stilts & avocets : ibisbill : oystercatchers)   ;   poss. sandgrouse
________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
/-- Clade Coelurosauria   +====> [ 99]
/-- 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
/-- Supercohort Passerae-Charadriae (Land Birds & Shore Birds)
/  
- Order Charadriiformes (Shore Birds)
 

  ``Grandchildren:''       Genus Limosa (Godwit)   ;   Family Laridae (Gulls, terns & skimmers)
 
  ``1-Great Grandchild:''       Genus Larus (some gulls)
 

[ Start ]
FabPed Genealogy Vers. 102   ©   Jamie, 1997-2022