Carinatae

See also: carinatae

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin carinatus (“shaped like a keel, having a keel-shaped ridge”).

Proper noun

Carinatae

(dated) A taxonomic subclass within the class Aves – Birds having a pronounced keel-like sternum, to which muscles used in flight attach.
A taxonomic clade within the subclass Aves – Birds descended from a certain common ancestral type of bird, possibly having a keel-like sternum and other bone-structure characteristics.
Ornithurae

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): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades

Hyponyms

(subclass): Neornithes - infraclass; Limenavis - genus

References

Carinatae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Carinatae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Carinatae, Neoaves, Neognathae at Google Ngram Viewer
Carinatae at Paleobiology Database

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