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The '''Palaeognathae''' or '''paleognaths''' are one of the two living superorders of [[bird]]s. The other living superorder is [[Neognathae]]. Together these two clades form the subclass [[Neornithes]].

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The Struthioniformes ([[ostrich]]es) have only one living species.

There are extinct orders: the Lithornithiformes, the Dinornithiformes ([[moa]]s), and the Aepyornithiformes ([[elephant bird]]s). There are other extinct orders which have been allied with the Palaeognathae by at least one author, but their affinities are a matter of dispute: the Ambiornithiformes, the Gansuiformes, the Paleocursornithiformes, the Gobipterygidae.

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==Pictures==
These are the families of running-birds:
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File:Ostrich in the crater.jpg|[[Ostrich]]
File:Tinamus majorPCSL00504B.jpg|[[Tinamou]]
File:Rhea americana - Three adult birds.jpg|[[Rhea (bird)|Rheas]]
File:Emoe.jpg|[[Emu]]
File:Casuarius casuarius - double-wattled cassowary.jpg|[[Cassowary]]
File:Apteryx mantelli -Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand-8a.jpg|[[Kiwi]]
File:Moa Heinrich Harder.jpg|[[Moa]]†
File:Aepyornis.jpg|[[Elephant bird]]† 
</gallery>

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[[Category:Birds]]