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Phaethontiformes
Sign in to saveThe Phaethontiformes are an order of birds. They contain one extant family, the tropicbirds (Phaethontidae), and one extinct family Prophaethontidae from the early Cenozoic. Several fossil genera have been described, with well-preserved fossils known as early as the Paleocene. The group's origins may lie even earlier if the enigmatic waterbird Novacaesareala from the latest Cretaceous or earliest Paleocene of New Jersey is considered a tropicbird.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Phaethontiformes is referenced by 302 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, bird and Chordata.
It is catalogued under topics including Bird orders, Phaethontiformes and Seabirds.
Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPhaethontiformes
Los fetontiformes (Phaethontiformes) son un orden de aves neognatas en el que hay una sola familia actual, la de los fetóntidos (Phaethontidae), y un único género actual, Phaethon, compuesto por tres especies conocidas vulgarmente como faetones, rabijuncos o aves del trópico.[1][2] Son aves tropicales marinas de mediano tamaño que no superan el metro de talla. Antes se clasificaban en el orden pelecaniformes, pero tras el último Congreso Ornitológico Internacional, a raíz de la convención de 2010 de la American Ornithologists' Union,[3] se ha llegado al consenso de que deben clasificarse en un orden propio. Además, se conocen fósiles desde el Paleoceno en la extinta familia Prophaethontidae.[4] Referencias ↑ Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2010. The Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.5. Cornell University Press. Downloadable from Cornell Lab of Ornithology ↑ Peterson, A. P. 2010. Birds of the World -- current valid scientific avian names. Consultado en enero de 2011. ↑ R. Terry Chesser et al., «Fifty-First Supplement to the American Ornithologists 'Union Check-List of North American Birds»,The Auk, vol. 127, n ° 3
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Subclass of
- seabird
- Parent taxon
- Eurypygimorphae
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- White-tailed Tropicbird - Phaeton lepturus 2.jpg
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- Phaethontiformes
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- Category:Phaethontiformes
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- Phaethontiformes
- taxon common name
- tropikkfugler
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Phaethontiformes é uma ordem de aves que compreende duas famílias, uma delas extinta, e que tradicionalmente pertenciam a ordem Pelecaniformes. Vários estudos filogenéticos de seqüências de genes mitocondriais e nucleares demonstraram que as famílias tradicionalmente colocadas na ordem Pelecaniformes eram parafiléticas em relação a ordem Ciconiiformes. Estudos demonstram que os rabos-de-palha são relacionados com a ordem Procellariiformes.
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