Family Aramidae Bonaparte 1854 (limpkin)
Aves - Gruiformes - Aramidae
Parent taxon: Gruiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Anisolornis, Asiavis, Bumbanipes, Bumbaniralla, Cariamae, Eurypygae, Grues, Gruidae, Heliornithidae, Horezmavis, Messelornithidae, Psophiidae, Rallidae, Salmilidae
Subtaxa: Aramornis Aramus Badistornis Gnotornis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: California, Florida collections), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), United States (3: Florida, Nebraska)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence