Palaeognathae
"Palaeognathae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A superorder of large, mostly flightless birds, named for their distinctive PALATE morphology. It includes the orders Apterygiformes, Casuriiformes, Dinornithiformes, RHEIFORMES; STRUTHIONIFORMES and Tinamiformes.
| Descriptor ID |
D046108
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.248.600
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Boast AP, Weyrich LS, Wood JR, Metcalf JL, Knight R, Cooper A. Coprolites reveal ecological interactions lost with the extinction of New Zealand birds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 02 13; 115(7):1546-1551.