Subfamily Balearicinae Brasil 1913 (crane)
Aves - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Parent taxon: Gruidae according to J. del Hoyo et al. 2014
See also Mayr 2005 and Olson and Rasmussen 2001
Sister taxa: Antigone, Bugeranus, Geranopsis, Gruinae, Grus, Leucogeranus, Palaeogrus, Pliogrus, Protogrus
Subtaxa: Balearica
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chad (1 collection), United States (5: Nebraska, North Carolina)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence