Aves - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Synonyms: Baeopteryx Wetmore 1960, Megalornis Gray 1841
Parent taxon: Gruidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Bickart 1990, Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2005, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Olson and Wingate 2000, Parmalee 1992, Schultz and Howard 1935, Wetmore 1928, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Wetmore 1960, Wetmore 1962 and Wetmore and Martin 1930
Sister taxa: Antigone, Balearicinae, Bugeranus, Geranopsis, Gruinae, Leucogeranus, Palaeogrus, Pliogrus, Protogrus
Subtaxa: Grus americana Grus conferta Grus grus Grus japonensis Grus latipes Grus marshi Grus melitensis Grus mexicanus Grus minor Grus moldavica Grus monacha Grus nannodes Grus nigricollis Grus pentellici Grus primigenia Grus proavus Grus turfa
Type: Ardea grus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), East Timor (1), Egypt (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (15: Alabama, California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Virginia)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Kansas)
• Miocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 37 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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