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several million years earlier, and the classification and membership of the Ratitae itself is uncertain. Some of the earliest ratites occur in Europe. Recent

credited with classifying the paleognaths together, and he coined the taxon "Ratitae" (see above). However, Linnaeus (1758) placed cassowaries, emus, ostriches

Herman (ed.). On the former and present distribution of the so-called Ratitae or ostrich-like birds and a description of a new form by C. W. Andrews

embryonic skeleton of the extinct elephant bird, Aepyornis (Palaeognathae: Ratitae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (sup4): 1–53. doi:10

chiefly as the first ornithologist to propose a division of birds into Ratitae (ratites or running birds, with a flat sternum) and Carinatae (carinates

status Infraclass Eoaves Infraclass is now called Palaeognathae. Parvclass Ratitae is no longer used, and is generally understood to refer to a taxon without

embryonic skeleton of the extinct elephant bird, Aepyornis (Palaeognathae: Ratitae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (sup4): 1–53. doi:10

of the Chenomorphae (Palamedeae, Phoenicopteri, Anseres) Crypturi and Ratitae in the collection of the British Museum. London (1895) Due nuove specie

S2CID 132516050. Diogenornis at Fossilworks.org Alvarenga, H.M.F. (1983) Uma ave ratitae do Paleoceno Brasileiro: bacia calcária de Itaboraí, Estado do Rio de Janeiro

for many years 1816 – Blasius Merrem proposes a division of birds into Ratitae (ratites or running birds, with a flat sternum) and Carinatae (carinates