Phaethontimorphae

This superorder comprises the following orders:

Family-level timetree of extant Eurypygimorphae following Kuhl et al. (2021), with the distribution of each family being indicated by the colour-code used throughout this website (see Distribution code).  


References/Literature

Kuhl H, Frankl-Vilches C, Bakker A, Mayr G, Nikolaus G, Boerno ST, Klages S, Timmermann B, and Gahr M (2021), An unbiased molecular approach using 3'UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life, Mol. Biol. Evol. 38, 108-127. (pdf)