Aramornis Wetmore 1926 (limpkin)

Aves - Gruiformes - Aramidae

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1926. Descriptions of additional fossil birds from the Miocene of Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 211:1-5

Parent taxon: Aramidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Carroll 1988, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1926, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Aramus, Badistornis, Gnotornis

Subtaxa: Aramornis longurio

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Type: Aramornis longurio

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomson Quarry (Miocene of Nebraska)

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