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Grus (crane)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Gruidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Grus Brisson
1841Megalornis Gray
1902Grus Hay p. 527
1928Megalornis Wetmore p. 1
1930Grus Hay p. 331
1933Grus Lambrecht p. 522
1935Grus Schultz and Howard p. 277
1940Grus Wetmore p. 50
1956Grus Wetmore p. 60
1960Baeopteryx Wetmore p. 6
1962Grus Wetmore p. 9
1988Grus Carroll
1990Grus Bickart p. 43
1992Grus Emslie p. 263
1992Grus Parmalee p. 313
2001Grus Olson and Rasmussen p. 290
2002Grus Mlikovsky p. 89
2005Grus Mayr p. 389
2014Grus del Hoyo et al.
2017Grus 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
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
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
genusGrusBrisson 1760

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. Grus Brisson 1760 [crane]
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Grus americana Linnaeus 1758 [Whooping crane]
Grus conferta Miller and Sibley 1942
Grus grus Linnaeus 1758 [Common crane]
Grus japonensis Muller 1776 [Red-crowned crane]
Grus latipes Wetmore 1960
Grus marshi Shufeldt 1915
Grus melitensis Lydekker 1890
Grus mexicanus Müller 1776
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Invalid names: Grus haydeni Marsh 1870 [synonym]
Grus minor Miller 1910
Grus moldavica Kurochkin and Ganea 1972
Grus monacha Temminck 1835 [Hooded crane]
Grus nannodes Wetmore and Martin 1930
Grus nigricollis Przevalski 1876 [Black-necked crane]
Grus pentellici Gaudry 1862
Grus primigenia Milne-Edwards 1871
Grus proavus Marsh 1872
Grus turfa Portis 1884
Invalid names: Baeopteryx Wetmore 1960 [synonym], Megalornis Gray 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available