Aves - Gruiformes - Aramidae

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1940. Fossil Bird Remains from Tertiary Deposits in the United States. Journal of Morphology 66(1):25-37

Parent taxon: Aramidae according to A. Wetmore 1956

See also Carroll 1988, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: Aramornis, Aramus, Gnotornis

Subtaxa: Badistornis aramus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Scenic, southwest (Oligocene of South Dakota)

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