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Aramus (limpkin)

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Aramidae

Taxonomy

Aramus was named by Viellot (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aramidae by Wetmore (1926), Wetmore (1928), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Species

A. guarauna (syn. Ardea scolopacea), A. paludigrus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1816	Aramus Viellot p. 58
1926	Aramus Wetmore p. 1
1928	Aramus Wetmore p. 4
1940	Aramus Wetmore p. 51
1956	Aramus Wetmore p. 61
2014	Aramus del Hoyo et al.
2017	Aramus Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Telmatorae
superorder	Charadriimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Gruiformes	Bonaparte 1854
family	Aramidae	Bonaparte 1854
genus	Aramus	Viellot 1816

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Aramus Viellot 1816 [limpkin]

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Aramus guarauna Linnaeus 1762 [limpkin]

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Invalid names: Ardea scolopacea Gmelin 1789 [synonym]

Aramus guarauna pictus Meyer 1794

†Aramus paludigrus Rasmussen 1997

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:39:15

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:39:15

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Holocene or 12.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.0 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Laventan	13.8 - 11.0	Colombia (Huila)	Aramus paludigrus (187954)
Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Nebraska)	Aramus sp. (18222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	Aramus guarauna (154773 154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	Aramus pictus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	Aramus guarauna (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Plegadis guarauna (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Venezuela (Zulia)	Aramus guarauna (63515)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Venezuela	Aramus scolopaceus (148207)