Pangalloanserae | |
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Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Neognathae |
Clade: | Pangalloanserae Gauthier andde Queiroz, 2001 |
Subgroups | |
Synonyms | |
Pananatophasianae |
Pangalloanserae is aclade of birds defined in a 2001 study byJacques Gauthier andKevin de Queiroz as "most inclusive clade containingGalloanserae but notNeoaves". It contains crown Galloanserae as well as allstem-galloanserans.[3][4]