Translingual

Proper noun

Ornithurae

1. A taxonomic clade within the class Aves – a group that includes the ancestors of modern birds, the Carinatae.

Usage notes

• The taxonomic groupings linking modern birds with their reptilian ancestors have been undergoing a great deal of change for more than a century, and may continue to do so.

Hypernyms

• (clade): Dinosauria - superorder; Saurischia - order; Eusaurischia - taxon; Theropoda - suborder; Tetanurae - infraorder; Avetheropoda; Coelurosauria, Maniraptoriformes, Eumaniraptora, Avialae - taxa; Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces; - clade

Hyponyms

• (clade): Carinatae - infraclass or clade; Chaoyangornithiformes, Yanornithiformes - orders; Enantiornithes, Patagopterygiformes, Praeornithurae - cohorts