Order Gruiformes Bonaparte 1854 (bird)
Parent taxon: Charadriimorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Mourer-Chauvire et al. 2011, Parmalee 1992, Wetmore 1960 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Ralliformes, Turniciformes
Subtaxa: Anisolornis Aramidae Asiavis Eurypygae Grues Gruidae Heliornithidae Messelornithidae Psophiidae Rallidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore