Neornithes

Neornithes memuat segala jenis burung. Divergensi paling purba dalam Neornithes adalah antara Paleognathae (ratites dan tinamous) dan Neognathae yang memuat dua taksa utama Galloanserae dan Neoaves

Pohon evolusi Neornithes terbagi atas dua dahan
Paleognathae
Neognathae

Bacaan lanjut
Cooper, A. and D. Penny. 1997. Mass survival of birds across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: Molecular evidence. Science 275:1109-1113.

Cracraft, J. 1981. Toward a phylogenetic classification of birds of the world (class Aves). Auk 98: 681-714.

Cracraft, J. 1988. The major clades of birds. In The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods. (M. J. Benton, ed.), Systematics Assoc. Special Vol. No. 35A, pp. 333-355. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Sumber gambar
http://tolweb.org/Neornithes