Panaves

Taxobox
name = Panavians
fossil_range = Triassic – Recent


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
unranked_classis = Archosauria
unranked_ordo = Panaves
unranked_ordo_authority = Gauthier, 1986
subdivision_ranks = Daughter clades
subdivision =
* Avemetatarsalia/Ornithodira
** Dinosauromorpha
** Pterosauromorpha

Panaves (meaning "all birds" in Latin) is a clade of advanced archosaurs coined by Jacques Gauthier in 1986. He defined it to represent the largest and most inclusive clade of archosaurs containing Aves (birds, anchored on "Vultur gryphus") but not Crocodylia (anchored on "Crocodylus niloticus").

Gauthier referred Aves, all other Dinosauria, all Pterosauria, and a variety of Triassic archosaurs including "Lagosuchus" and "Scleromochlus" to this group.Gauthier, Jacques, de Queiroz, Kevin. (2001) "Feathered dinosaurs, flying dinosaurs, crown dinosaurs, and the name 'Aves'". in "New Perspective on the Origin and Evolution of Birds: Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom" Yale Peabody Museum. Yale University. New Haven, Conn. USA]

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