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The Apodiformes diversified during the Eocene, at the end of which the extant families were present ; fossil genera are known from all over temperate Europe, between today's Denmark and France, such as the primitive Scaniacypselus ( Early-Middle Eocene ) and the more modern Procypseloides ( Late Eocene / Early Oligocene-Early Miocene )
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Apodiformes and at
They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all ; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds.
Apodiformes and which
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes the nightjars, the frogmouths of Australasia and Southeast Asia, the South American potoos and Oilbird, and the Australasian owlet-nightjars ( which according to more recent research rather belong to the Apodiformes ).
Apodiformes and families
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts ( Apodidae ), the tree swifts ( Hemiprocnidae ), and the hummingbirds ( Trochilidae ).
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three families: the swifts, Apodidae, the tree swifts, Hemiprocnidae, and the hummingbirds, Trochilidae.
Apodiformes and are
It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes.
The Aegothelidae ( owlet-nightjars ) with about a dozen living species in one genus are apparently closer to the Apodiformes ( Mayr 2002 ); these and the Caprimulgiformes are closely related, being grouped together as Cypselomorphae HTML abstract
It appears though that that they are not so closely related to either as previously thought, and that the owlet-nightjars share a more recent common ancestor with the Apodiformes.
This, the caprimulgiform lineage ( s ), and the Apodiformes, are postulated to form a clade called Cypselomorphae, with the owlet-nightjars and the Apodiformes forming the clade Daedalornithes.
Red-rumped Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to the other aerial insectivores, such as the related swallows and the unrelated swifts ( order Apodiformes ).
It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes.
It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes.
It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since the swifts are in the order Apodiformes.
It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes.
Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the related martins and the unrelated swifts ( order Apodiformes ).
In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, hummingbirds are separated from the Apodiformes as a new order Trochiliformes.
The treeswifts are birds of the Hemiprocnidae family, in the order Apodiformes.
Apodiformes and such
It seems probable that the taxa included in the Metaves by Fain and Houde contain some good clades, such as Caprimulgiformes, the Mirandornithes, or the Apodiformes.
diversified and during
They diversified and became dominant during the Carboniferous and Permian periods, but were later displaced by reptiles and other vertebrates.
Insects diversified during the Cretaceous, and the oldest known ants, termites and some lepidopterans, akin to butterflies and moths, appeared.
Most species of brachiopods, a small phylum of marine invertebrates, survived the K – Pg extinction event and diversified during the early Paleocene.
The Germanic peoples ( also called Teutonic or Gothic in older literature ) are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin, identified by their use of the Germanic languages which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.
The other factor reducing the attractiveness of hedge funds in a diversified portfolio is that they tend to under-perform during equity bear markets, just when an investor needs part of their portfolio to add value.
The activity spread internationally during the 1980s, and has diversified into a wide variety of styles.
Proboscideans diversified during the Eocene and early Oligocene.
Wargames also diversified in subject, with the first science-fiction wargame ( Galactic Warfare, published in the UK by Davco ) appearing in 1973 and one of the longest lasting and most successful ( Star Fleet Battles, published by Task Force Games ) appearing in 1979 ; and in size with both microgames such as Steve Jackson's Ogre, and " monster games " appearing during the decade.
Xenarthrans developed and diversified extensively in South America during its long period of isolation, invaded the Antilles by the early Miocene, and then spread to Central and North America starting about nine million years ago, as part of the Great American Interchange.
Characiformes likely first diversified during the Cretaceous period, though fossils are poorly known.
Northern Brahmi gave rise to the Gupta script during the Gupta period, which in turn diversified into a number of cursives during the Middle Ages, including Siddham, Sharada and Nagari.
The euechinoids, on the other hand, diversified into new lineages throughout the Jurassic and into the Cretaceous periods, and from them emerged the first irregular echinoids ( superorder Atelostomata ) during the early Jurassic, and later the other superorder ( Gnathostomata ) of irregular urchins, which evolved independently.
The economy diversified during the later half of the twentieth century.
Although cotton dominated the economy of Cameron during the 19th century, the 20th century brought more diversified industries.
It was opened in 1939 to meet the demand for gas mask filters made from blue asbestos during the Second World War, and diversified into the production of other asbestos products, including rope, pipe lagging and textile, after the war.
Endangered like all of the motor industry by the energy crisis, during the mid seventies the already expansive company diversified further into other industries and continued to expand globally, including into South East Asia.
Since 1988, it has produced the TV programme Spiegel TV, and further diversified during the 1990s.
It gradually went to a " college rock " format during the 1980s, and diversified during the early 1990s, which it has continued since.
The paper went back to its civilian version in 1946, and as the Army and Navy moved out of Harvard, The Crimson grew larger, more financially secure, more diversified, and more aware of the world outside the campus during the early Cold War era than its pre-WWII predecessor had been.
Upon Eliphalet's death in 1861, his son, Philo, took over the firm during the Civil War, and diversified the product line to include sewing machines ( manufactured from 1870 to 1894 ) and typewriters ( 1873 ), both of which were exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876.
Cheilostomes first appeared in the Late Jurassic ( Pyriporopsis ) but diversified very slowly during the Early Cretaceous, with only 1 family known up to the Albian.
A new Commonwealth Development Bank was established in 1960 and during the 1970s the bank diversified its business into areas like insurance and travel.
diversified and Eocene
By the start of the Eocene 55 million years ago ( Mya ), they had diversified and spread out to occupy several continents.
Ungulates diversified rapidly in the Eocene, but are thought to date back as far as the late Cretaceous.
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