Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Mesitornithiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the parvclass Neognathae – the mesites.
2. A taxonomic order within the superorder Neoaves.

Hypernyms

• (order in Neoaves): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521