Aletornis venustus Marsh 1872

Aves - Gruiformes - Gruidae

Alternative combination: Fulicaletornis venustus

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Notice of some new Tertiary and post-Tertiary birds. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 4(19-24):256-262

Belongs to Aletornis according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Brodkorb 1952, Brodkorb 1967, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Marsh 1872, Olson 1977, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Aletornis bellus, Aletornis gracilis, Aletornis nobilis, Aletornis pernix

Type specimen: Its type locality is Henry's Fork, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Distribution: found only at Henry's Fork

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