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Antigone canadensis pratensis (sandhill crane)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Gruidae

Taxonomy
Grus pratensis was named by Meyer (1794). It is extant.

It was recombined as Megalornis pratensis by Wetmore (1928); it was recombined as Antigone canadensis pratensis by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1794Grus pratensis Meyer
1928Megalornis pratensis Wetmore p. 1
1930Grus pratensis Wetmore and Martin p. 63
2017Antigone canadensis pratensis 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()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyGruidaeVigors 1825
genusAntigoneReichenbach 1853
speciescanadensis()
subspeciespratensis(Meyer 1794)

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.

Antigone canadensis pratensis Meyer 1794 [sandhill crane]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available