Wildlife Type

Paleognath birds of the world (Phylogenetic tree) - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity

Classified animal picture guide. Clicking the Organism name shows the images, and pointing the Organism name shows the tooltip with three links at the left-top corner.
The followings are extinct paleognaths excavated and extant paleognaths in the world. The extant paleognaths are mostly flightless birds. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species, and the habitat in extant species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
  • Kingdom Animalia
    • Phylum Chordate
      • Subphylum Vertebra
        • Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed vertebrates)
          • Class Aves
            • Subclass Neornithes (Modern birds)
              • Infaclass Paleognathae
                • Order Lithornithiformes (61.7～40.4 Mya)
                  Lithornithidae Lithornis (55.8～48.6 Mya), Paracathartes (55.8～48.6 Mya), Pseudocrypturus (55.8～33.9 Mya)
                • Order Struthioniformes (6 familes, 13 genus, 26 species; 58.7 Mya～)
                  Ostrich Ostrich   (Sub-sahara Africa; ２．７５m)
                  Rhea American rhea (South America), Darwin's rhea (South America)
                  Cassowary Southern Cassowary (Australia, New Guinia), Dwarf Cassowary (New Guinia), Northern Cassowary (New Guinia)
                  Emu Emuarius (23.03～5.33 Mya), Kangaroo Island Emu (15.97 Mya～AD1827), King Island Emu (15.97 Mya～AD1822), Emu (Australia)
                  Elephant bird Great Elephant Bird   (2 Mya～AD1840; ３m), Elephant Bird (2 Mya～AD800s)
                  Moa Upland Moa (5.8 Mya～AD1876), Eastern Moa (5.3 Mya), Heavy-footed Moa (1.9 Mya), Little Bush Moa (1.8 Mya), South Island giant Moa   (1.45 Mya～AD1500s; ３．６m), Stout-legged Moa (1.35 Mya)
                  Kiwi North island brown kiwi (New Zealand), Great spotted kiwi (New Zealand), Brown kiwi,Tokoeka (New Zealand)
                • Order Tinamiformes (Tinamou)
                  Tinamou
                  47 spp
                  		 White-throated Tinamou (Amazon), Highland Tinamou (Tropical America), Berlepsch's Tinamou (Colombia, Ecuador), Red-winged Tinamou (South America), Taczanowski's Tinamou (Peru), White-bellied Nothura (South America), Dwarf Tinamou (Brazil), Elegant Crested Tinamou (South America), Puna Tinamou (Andes)