Sylviornithidae
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Sylviornis Temporal range: Holocene |
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| Sylviornis neocaledoniae skull fragment and tibia, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pangalliformes |
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†Sylviornithidae Mourer-Chauviré & Balouet, 2005 |
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Sylviornithidae is an extinct family of flightless birds. Traditionally assumed to be within Galliformes, recent phylogenetic studies showcase that they rest outside of the galliform crown-group, making them the most recently lived non-galliform Pangalliformes. For the longest time it has been used as a monotypic family for Sylviornis, but recent studies showcase that Megavitiornis was part of this clade as well.
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