Austrodyptornithes
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Austrodyptornithes is a clade of birds that include the orders Sphenisciformes (penguins) and Procellariiformes (tube-nosed seabirds).[2] A 2014 analysis of whole genomes of 48 representative bird species concluded that penguins are the sister group of Procellariiformes,[3] from which they diverged about 60 million years ago.[4]
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Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) and southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Aequornithes |
Clade: | Austrodyptornithes Yuri et al., 2013 |
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