Aequorlitornithes

Aequorlitornithes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Neoaves
Clade:	Aequorlitornithes Prum et al., 2015
Clades
Charadriiformes Mirandornithes Ardeae

Aequorlitornithes is a clade of waterbirds recovered in a compressive genomic systematic study using nearly 200 species in 2015. It contains the clades Charadriiformes (waders and shorebirds), Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes) and Ardeae (Eurypygimorphae and Aequornithes). Previous studies have found different placement for the clades in the tree.

Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes)

Charadriiformes (shorebirds)

Eurypygimorphae (sunbittern, kagu and tropicbirds)

Aequornithes (loons, penguins, herons, pelicans, storks, etc)

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