The Phylogenetic Relationships of the Piciformes (Class Aves)
The Phylogenetic Relationships of the Piciformes (Class Aves)
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鱼形目(鸟纲)的系统发育关系
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1981
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通讯作者:
J. Cracraft
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S. Simpson;J. Cracraft
ABST•CT.--The phylogenetic relationships of the avian order Piciformes were studied using a cladistic analysis of the skeletal morphology. We hypothesize that the piciforms constitute a monophyletic group on the basis of possessing a unique flexor tendon pattern in the hindlimb, a M. flexor hallucis longus with three heads of origin, zygodactyly, and a well-developed sehnenhalter on the outer (IV) trochlea of the tarsometatarsus. Two major lineages are defined by osteological characters, one (the Galbulae) consisting of the Galbulidae and Bucconidae, and the other (the Pici) comprising the remaining four families. Within the Pici, two lineages are discerned: the Ramphastoidea, consisting of the Ramphastidae and the Capitonidae, and the Picoidea, which includes the Picidae and Indicatoridae. The systematic position of the fossil families Zygodactylidae and Primobucconidae are interpreted within the framework of the phylogenetic hypothesis for the Recent families. Received 24 September 1980, accepted 15 January 1981.