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Aramidae (limpkin)
Taxonomy
Aramidae was named by Bonaparte (1854). It is extant.
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Hay (1930); to Gruae by Lambrecht (1933); to Gruoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Grues by Carroll (1988); to Grues by Mayr (2005); to Gruioidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Gruiformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Hay (1930); to Gruae by Lambrecht (1933); to Gruoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Grues by Carroll (1988); to Grues by Mayr (2005); to Gruioidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Gruiformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Aramidae Bonaparte |
| 1930 | Aramidae Hay p. 332 |
| 1933 | Aramidae Lambrecht p. 526 |
| 1940 | Aramidae Wetmore p. 51 |
| 1956 | Aramidae Wetmore p. 61 |
| 1988 | Aramidae Carroll |
| 2005 | Aramidae Mayr p. 389 |
| 2007 | Aramidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2014 | Aramidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Aramidae Clements et al. |
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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.
Fm. Aramidae Bonaparte 1854 [limpkin]
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G. Aramus Viellot 1816 [limpkin]
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Aramus guarauna pictus Meyer 1794
†Aramus paludigrus Rasmussen 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oligocene | USA (South Dakota) | Badistornis aramus (208807) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Aramornis longurio (18001) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Aramus paludigrus (187954) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Aramus sp. (18222) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Aramidae indet. (18554) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Plegadis guarauna (190077) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Aramus guarauna (154773 154804) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Aramus pictus (154771) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Aramus guarauna (20636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Aramus guarauna (63515) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela | Aramus scolopaceus (148207) |