Fig. 3 in Late Cretaceous neornithine from Europe illuminates the origins of crown birds

Fig. 3 | Relationships of A. maastrichtensis and stratigraphic provenance of holotype. a, Cladogram showing the phylogenetic position of Asteriornis and Vegavis inferred under parsimony (solid coloured lines) and tip-dated Bayesian analyses (dashed lines).A position for Vegavis allied with Anseriformes,as previously found12,28,34, is also shown (curved branch).Numbers within clades denote extant species richness.The analysis is based on a newly modified dataset;see Extended Data Fig. 9 and Supplementary Information for full phylogenetic results.Extinct taxa are denoted with daggers.b, Simplified stratigraphy of the Maastricht Formation,exposed in the vicinity of the holotype locality and surrounding areas24. c, Location of the CBR-Romontbos Quarry near Eben-Emael,Belgium.