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Palaeognathae
Palaeognathae[‚pāl·ē′äg·nə‚thē] (vertebrate zoology) The ratites, making up a superorder of birds in the subclass Neornithes; merged with the Neognathae in some systems of classification. Palaeognathae
Palaeognathae the more primitive of the two major groups of living birds, containing the RATITES and the tinamous. In contrast with the NEOGNATHAE, the jaw structure contains a large prevomer bone that contacts the pterygoid bones. |