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Definition 2024
Ornithothoraces
Ornithothoraces
Translingual
Proper noun
Ornithothoraces
- A taxonomic clade within the clade Pygostilia – all modern birds and a large extinct clade of close relatives dominant in the Mesozoic.
Hypernyms
- (clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Dinosauria - clade; Saurischia - order; Theropoda - suborder; Pygostilia - clade
Hyponyms
- (clade): †Enantiornithes, Euornithes