Carinatae
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See also: carinatae
Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Br%C3%A9chet.png/220px-Br%C3%A9chet.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin carinatus (“shaped like a keel, having a keel-shaped ridge”).
Proper noun
[edit]Carinatae
- (dated) A taxonomic subclass within the class Aves – Birds having a pronounced keel-like sternum, to which muscles used in flight attach.
- A taxonomic clade within the subclass Aves – Birds descended from a certain common ancestral type of bird, possibly having a keel-like sternum and other bone-structure characteristics.
- Ornithurae
Usage notes
[edit]- Bird lineage remains particularly unsettled, so the definition and relationships of Carinatae is subject to revision and the name may become disused.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades
Hyponyms
[edit]- (subclass): Neornithes - infraclass; Limenavis - genus
References
[edit]Carinatae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Carinatae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Carinatae, Neoaves, Neognathae at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- Carinatae at Paleobiology Database