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Grues

Reptilia - Gruiformes

Taxonomy
Grues was named by Bonaparte (1854). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Grues by Mayr (2005).

It was assigned to Telmatoformes by Lambrecht (1933); to Gruioidea by Mayr (2005); to Aves by Clarke et al. (2005); and to Gruiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Grues Bonaparte
1933Gruae Lambrecht p. 517
1940Grues Wetmore p. 48
1956Grues Wetmore p. 58
1960Grues Wetmore p. 26
1988Grues Carroll
2005Grues Clarke et al.
2005Grues Mayr p. 389
2007Grues Livezey and Zusi p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
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
suborderGruesBonaparte 1854
suborderGruesBonaparte 1854

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.

Subor. Grues Bonaparte 1854
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Superfm. Gruoidea Stejneger 1885
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Fm. †Eogruidae Wetmore 1934
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G. †Eogrus Wetmore 1934
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Eogrus aeola Wetmore 1934
Eogrus wetmorei Brodkorb 1967
G. †Sonogrus Kurochkin 1981
Fm. †Parvigruidae Mayr 2005
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G. †Parvigrus Mayr 2005
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Parvigrus pohli Mayr 2005
G. †Rupelrallus Fischer 1997
Invalid names: Psophioidea [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available