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Grues

Reptilia - Gruiformes

Taxonomy

Grues was named by Bonaparte (1854). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Grues by Mayr (2005).

It was assigned to Telmatoformes by Lambrecht (1933); to Aves by Clarke et al. (2005); to Gruioidea by Mayr (2005); and to Gruiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa

Gruoidea, Parvigruidae, Psophioidea, Rupelrallus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1854	Grues Bonaparte
1933	Gruae Lambrecht p. 517
1940	Grues Wetmore p. 48
1956	Grues Wetmore p. 58
1960	Grues Wetmore p. 26
1988	Grues Carroll
2005	Grues Clarke et al.
2005	Grues Mayr p. 389
2007	Grues Livezey and Zusi p. 92

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Telmatorae
superorder	Charadriimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Gruiformes	Bonaparte 1854
suborder	Grues	Bonaparte 1854
suborder	Grues	Bonaparte 1854

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subor. Grues Bonaparte 1854

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Superfm. Gruoidea Stejneger 1885

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Fm. †Eogruidae Wetmore 1934

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G. †Eogrus Wetmore 1934

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†Eogrus aeola Wetmore 1934

†Eogrus wetmorei Brodkorb 1967

G. †Sonogrus Kurochkin 1981

Fm. †Parvigruidae Mayr 2005

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G. †Parvigrus Mayr 2005

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†Parvigrus pohli Mayr 2005

G. †Rupelrallus Fischer 1997

Invalid names: Psophioidea [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:39:15

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:39:15

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the MP 24 or 55.80000 to 28.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian	55.8 - 50.3	USA (Wyoming)	Eogruidae indet. (15590)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	Mongolia	Eogrus sp. (174909)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Antarctica	Gruoidea indet. (207512)
MP 24	33.9 - 28.4	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)	Parvigrus pohli (68876)