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Grus nannodes

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Gruidae

Taxonomy
Grus nannodes was named by Wetmore and Martin (1930). Its type specimen is UKMVP no. 3757, a limb element (fragmentary left metacarpus with the proximal end lacking), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Edson, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. pentelici

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Grus nannodes Wetmore and Martin p. 62
1933Grus nannodes Lambrecht p. 522
1940Grus nannodes Wetmore p. 50
1952Grus nannodes Fisher p. 206
1956Grus nannodes Wetmore p. 61

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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()
—Theropoda()
—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
speciesnannodes

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 nannodes Wetmore and Martin 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available