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Grus grus (Common crane)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Gruidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ardea grus Linnaeus p. 141
1902Grus grus Hay p. 527
1930Grus grus Hay p. 331
1940Grus grus Wetmore p. 450
2002Grus grus Mlikovsky p. 91
2013Grus grus Bedetti and Pavia p. 37 figs. Pl 1, fig i
2014Grus grus del Hoyo et al.
2017Grus grus Clements et al.
2018Grus grus Carrera et al. p. 154 figs. Pl 1, fig 11

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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
speciesgrus()

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 grus Linnaeus 1758 [Common crane]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available