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Ratites & Tinamous
Superorder Paleognathae
Taxonomy

Greater Rhea in the superorder Paleognathae.
Greater Rhea in the superorder Paleognathae

The Ratites & Tinamous (Superorder Paleognathae) in the Animal Kingdom

Classification

Name

Notes

Kingdom

Animalia

Animals: Multicelular systems that feed by ingestion.

Subkingdom

Eumetazoa

Animals with bodies made of two or more symmetrical sides.

Branch

Bilateria

Body with two symmetrical opposing sides.

Phylum

Chordata

Chordates

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Vertebrates

Superclass

Gnathostomata

Vertebrates with jaws.

Class

Aves

Birds: Vertebrates with feathers.

Superorder

Paleognathae

Ratites & Tinamous


Tinamous in the superorder Paleognathae.
Tinamous in the superorder Paleognathae


The living Orders in the Superorder Paleognathae

Order

Common Name

Struthioniformes

Ostriches, Rheas, Emus, Cassowaries, Kiwis

Tinamiformes

Tinamous


The Emu in the superorder Paleognathae.
The Emu in the superorder Paleognathae



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