Aves - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore and H. T. Martin. 1930. A fossil crane from the Pliocene of Kansas. The Condor 32(1):62-63
Belongs to Grus according to H. I. Fisher 1952
See also Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore and Martin 1930
Sister taxa: Grus americana, Grus conferta, Grus grus, Grus japonensis, Grus latipes, Grus marshi, Grus melitensis, Grus mexicanus, Grus minor, Grus moldavica, Grus monacha, Grus nigricollis, Grus pentellici, Grus primigenia, Grus proavus, Grus turfa
Type specimen: UKMVP no. 3757, a limb element (fragmentary left metacarpus with the proximal end lacking). Its type locality is Edson, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Edson
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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