Telluraves
Telluraves is a recently defined clade of birds with controversial content. Based on most recent genetic studies, the clade unites a variety of bird groups, including the australavians as well as the afroavians. They appear to be the sister group of a newly defined clade centered on Aequornithes.
Given that the most basal extant members of both Afroaves and Australaves are carnivorous, it has been suggested that the last common ancestor of all Telluraves was probably a predator. Other researchers are skeptical of this assessment, citing the herbivorous cariamiform Strigogyps as evidence to the contrary.
Cladogram of Telluraves relationships based on Prum, R.O. et al. with some clade names after Yuri, T. et al. and Kimball et al. 2013.
