Aves - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Full reference: L. H. Miller. 1910. Wading birds from the Quaternary asphalt beds of Rancho la Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(30):439-448
Belongs to Grus according to L. H. Miller 1910
See also Lambrecht 1933
Sister taxa: Grus americana, Grus conferta, Grus grus, Grus japonensis, Grus latipes, Grus marshi, Grus melitensis, Grus mexicanus, Grus moldavica, Grus monacha, Grus nannodes, Grus nigricollis, Grus pagei, Grus pentellici, Grus primigenia, Grus proavus, Grus turfa
Type specimen: UCMP 12533, a set of limb elements (distal end of a left tibio-tarsus)
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Grus minor in the database
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