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Gruidae (crane)
Taxonomy
Gruidae was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant. Its type is Grus.
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Zittel (1890) and Jaekel (1911); to Gruoidae by Hay (1930); to Gruae by Lambrecht (1933); to Gruoidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Grues by Carroll (1988); to Gruiformes by Mayr (2005); to Grues by Mayr (2005); to Gruioidea by Hay (1902) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Gruiformes by Wetmore (1933), Harrison and Walker (1976), Rasmussen et al. (1987), Bickart (1990), Emslie (1992), Parmalee (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Louchart et al. (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Zittel (1890) and Jaekel (1911); to Gruoidae by Hay (1930); to Gruae by Lambrecht (1933); to Gruoidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Grues by Carroll (1988); to Gruiformes by Mayr (2005); to Grues by Mayr (2005); to Gruioidea by Hay (1902) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Gruiformes by Wetmore (1933), Harrison and Walker (1976), Rasmussen et al. (1987), Bickart (1990), Emslie (1992), Parmalee (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Louchart et al. (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Antigone, Balearicinae, Bugeranus, Geranopsis, Gruinae, Grus (syn. Megalornis, Baeopteryx) (type genus), Leucogeranus, Palaeogrus, Pliogrus, Protogrus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Gruidae Vigors |
| 1890 | Gruidae Zittel p. 846 |
| 1902 | Gruidae Hay p. 527 |
| 1911 | Gruidae Jaekel p. 175 |
| 1930 | Gruidae Hay p. 331 |
| 1933 | Gruidae Lambrecht p. 517 |
| 1933 | Gruidae Wetmore p. 12 |
| 1940 | Gruidae Wetmore p. 48 |
| 1956 | Gruidae Wetmore p. 59 |
| 1976 | Gruidae Harrison and Walker p. 340 |
| 1987 | Gruidae Rasmussen et al. p. 5 |
| 1988 | Gruidae Carroll |
| 1990 | Gruidae Bickart p. 43 |
| 1992 | Gruidae Emslie p. 263 |
| 1992 | Gruidae Parmalee p. 313 |
| 2001 | Gruidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 290 |
| 2005 | Gruidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2007 | Gruidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2008 | Gruidae Louchart et al. p. 159 |
| 2014 | Gruidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Gruidae Clements et al. |
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Fm. Gruidae Vigors 1825 [crane]
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G. Antigone Reichenbach 1853
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Antigone antigone Linnaeus 1758 [Sarus crane]
Antigone canadensis Linnaeus 1758 [Sandhill crane]
Antigone canadensis pratensis Meyer 1794 [sandhill crane]
Antigone rubicunda Perry 1810 [brolga]
Antigone vipio Pallas 1811 [White-naped crane]
Subfm. Balearicinae Brasil 1913
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G. Balearica Brisson [crowned cranes]
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†Balearica excelsa Milne-Edwards 1871
Balearica pavonina Linnaeus 1758 [Black crowned-crane]
Balearica regulorum Bennett 1834 [Grey crowned-crane]
Subfm. Gruinae
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G. †Aletornis Marsh 1872
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†Aletornis bellus Marsh 1872
†Aletornis gracilis Marsh 1872
†Aletornis nobilis Marsh 1872
†Aletornis pernix Marsh 1872
†Aletornis venustus Marsh 1872
G. Anthropoides Vieillot 1816 [cranes]
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Anthropoides paradiseus Lichtenstein 1793 [Blue crane]
Anthropoides virgo Linnaeus 1758 [Demoiselle crane]
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 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]
G. †Palaeogrus Portis 1884
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†Palaeogrus hordwelliensis Lydekker 1891
†Palaeogrus princeps Lydekker 1891
G. †Protogrus Lambrecht 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available