Pangalliformes Temporal range:
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Male grey junglefowl, Gallus sonneratii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Superorder: | Galloanserae |
Clade: | Pangalliformes Clarke, 2004 |
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Pangalliformes is the scientific name of a provisional clade of birds within the group Galloanserae. It is defined as all birds more closely related to chickens than to ducks, and includes all modern chickens, turkeys, pheasants, and megapodes, as well as extinct species that do not fall within the crown group Galliformes.