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Aramus (limpkin)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Aramidae

Taxonomy
Aramus was named by Viellot (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aramidae by Wetmore (1926), Wetmore (1928), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Aramus Viellot p. 58
1926Aramus Wetmore p. 1
1928Aramus Wetmore p. 4
1940Aramus Wetmore p. 51
1956Aramus Wetmore p. 61
2014Aramus del Hoyo et al.
2017Aramus 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()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyAramidaeBonaparte 1854
genusAramusViellot 1816

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.

G. Aramus Viellot 1816 [limpkin]
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Aramus guarauna Linnaeus 1762 [limpkin]
Aramus paludigrus Rasmussen 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available