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Gruoidea

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes

Taxonomy

Gruioidea was named by Stejneger (1885). It is extant. Its type is Grus.

It was corrected as Gruoidae by Hay (1930); it was corrected as Gruoidea by Wetmore (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Clarke et al. (2005), Mayr (2005), Livezey and Zusi (2007).

It was assigned to Grallae by Hay (1902); to Gruiformes by Hay (1930); to Gruiformes by Wetmore (1933); to Aves by Mayr (2005); and to Grues by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Clarke et al. (2005), Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa

Eogruidae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1885	Gruioidea Stejneger
1902	Gruioidea Hay p. 527
1930	Gruoidae Hay p. 331
1933	Gruoidea Wetmore p. 115
1940	Gruoidea Wetmore p. 48
1956	Gruoidea Wetmore p. 58
1960	Gruoidea Wetmore p. 26
2005	Gruoidea Clarke et al.
2005	Gruoidea Mayr p. 389
2007	Gruoidea Livezey and Zusi p. 92

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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
—	Eucrocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	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
suborder	Grues	Bonaparte 1854
superfamily	Gruoidea	(Stejneger 1885)
superfamily	Gruoidea	(Stejneger 1885)

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.

Superfm. Gruoidea Stejneger 1885

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Fm. †Eogruidae Wetmore 1934

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G. †Eogrus Wetmore 1934

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†Eogrus aeola Wetmore 1934

†Eogrus wetmorei Brodkorb 1967

G. †Sonogrus Kurochkin 1981

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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian	56.0 - 51.1	USA (Wyoming)	Eogruidae indet. (15590)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Mongolia	Eogrus sp. (174909)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Antarctica	Gruoidea indet. (207512)