Clade of birds
Neoaves is a clade that consists of all modern birds (Neornithes or Aves) with the exception of Palaeognathae (ratites and kin) and Galloanserae (ducks, chickens and kin).[ 4] This group is defined in the PhyloCode by George Sangster and colleagues in 2022 as "the most inclusive crown clade containing Passer domesticus , but not Gallus gallus ".[ 5] Almost 95% of the roughly 10,000 known species of extant birds belong to the Neoaves.[ 6]
The early diversification of the various neoavian groups occurred very rapidly around the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event ,[ 7] [ 8] and attempts to resolve their relationships with each other have resulted initially in much controversy.[ 9] [ 10]
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