Passerea

Passerea Temporal range: Early Paleocene–Holocene 62–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible an early origin based on molecular clock[1]
Common raven (Corvus corax)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Neognathae
Clade:	Neoaves
Clade:	Passerea Jarvis et al., 2014
Clades
Strisores Opisthocomiformes Otidimorphae Gruimorphae Phaethoquornithes Telluraves

Passerea is a clade of birds that was created by Jarvis et al. (2014).^[2] Their study recovered two clades in Neoaves, Passerea and Columbae, both clades are unique in their ways, but are also similar. Which included the foot-diving of grebes, and both loons and cormorants. This data was not recovered in other studies. ^[3][1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Kuhl, H.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Mayr, G.; Nikolaus, G.; Boerno, S. T.; Klages, S.; Timmermann, B.; Gahr, M. (2020). "An unbiased molecular approach using 3'UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38: 108–127. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa191. PMC 7783168. PMID 32781465.
2. ↑ Jarvis, E. D.; Mirarab, S.; Aberer, A. J.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science. 346 (6215): 1320–1331. Bibcode:2014Sci...346.1320J. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMC 4405904. PMID 25504713.
3. ↑ Prum, Richard O.; Berv, Jacob S.; Dornburg, Alex; Field, Daniel J.; Townsend, Jeffrey P.; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Lemmon, Alan R. (2015). "A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing". Nature. 526 (7574): 569–573. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..569P. doi:10.1038/nature15697. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 26444237.