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Grus americana (Whooping crane)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Gruidae

Taxonomy
Ardea americana was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Grus americanus by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Grus americana by Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Campbell (1995), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. pentelici

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ardea americana Linnaeus
1930Grus americanus Hay p. 331
1931Grus americana Wetmore p. 35
1940Grus americana Wetmore p. 50
1942Grus americana Miller and DeMay p. 109
1956Grus americana Wetmore p. 60
1962Grus americana Wetmore p. 9
1995Grus americana Campbell Jr. p. 2
2001Grus americana Olson and Rasmussen p. 290
2014Grus americana del Hoyo et al.
2017Grus americana Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyGruidaeVigors 1825
genusGrusBrisson 1760
speciesamericana()

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.

Grus americana Linnaeus 1758 [Whooping crane]
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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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Rancholabrean or 5.33300 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Grus americana (52582)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Grus americana (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Grus americana (82255)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Grus americana (152008 152009 161536 192631 192633)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Grus americana (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Grus americana (74292 74294 154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Grus americana (76049)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Grus americanus (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Grus americana (154771 154921)