Carinatae

carinatae Translingual thumb Etymology From mul la carinatus shaped like a keel, having a keel-shaped ridge. Proper noun mul dated subclass class Aves Birds having a pronounced keel-like sternum, to which muscles used in flight attach clade subclass Aves Birds descended from a certain common ancestral type of bird, possibly having a keel-like sternum and other bone-structure characteristics Ornithurae clade Usage notes Bird lineage remains particularly unsettled, so the definition and relationships of Carinatae is subject to revision and the name may become disused. Hypernyms subclass ; Aves class; Saurornithes subclass informal group; Ornithothoraces clade, Ornithurae clade clades Hyponyms subclass Neornithes clade infraclass; Limenavis genus genus References Carinatae, Neoaves, Neognathae 82615 1