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Grus (crane)
Taxonomy
Grus was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant. Its type is Ardea grus. It is the type genus of Gruidae, Gruinae, Gruioidea.
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Bickart (1990); to Gruinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mayr (2005) and del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Gruidae by Hay (1902), Lambrecht (1933), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1962), Carroll (1988), Emslie (1992), Parmalee (1992), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Bickart (1990); to Gruinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mayr (2005) and del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Gruidae by Hay (1902), Lambrecht (1933), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1962), Carroll (1988), Emslie (1992), Parmalee (1992), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1760 | Grus Brisson |
| 1841 | Megalornis Gray |
| 1902 | Grus Hay p. 527 |
| 1928 | Megalornis Wetmore p. 1 |
| 1930 | Grus Hay p. 331 |
| 1933 | Grus Lambrecht p. 522 |
| 1935 | Grus Schultz and Howard p. 277 |
| 1940 | Grus Wetmore p. 50 |
| 1956 | Grus Wetmore p. 60 |
| 1960 | Baeopteryx Wetmore p. 6 |
| 1962 | Grus Wetmore p. 9 |
| 1988 | Grus Carroll |
| 1990 | Grus Bickart p. 43 |
| 1992 | Grus Emslie p. 263 |
| 1992 | Grus Parmalee p. 313 |
| 2001 | Grus Olson and Rasmussen p. 290 |
| 2002 | Grus Mlikovsky p. 89 |
| 2005 | Grus Mayr p. 389 |
| 2014 | Grus del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Grus Clements et al. |
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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 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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma
Collections (37 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Grus marshi (81455) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attica) | Grus pentelici (182754) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | Grus nannodes (18140) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Grus sp. (140471) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Grus americana (52582) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Grus americana (20384) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Grus grus (125459) Grus primigenia (125467) | |
| Pleistocene | Egypt | Grus grus (21892) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Grus americana (82255) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Grus grus (125461) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) | Grus grus (22538) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | Grus grus (197790) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Grus grus, Grus melitensis (197927) Grus melitensis (197926) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Grus sp. (195048 195049) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | Grus sp. (175900) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Grus sp. nov. (193440) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Grus americana (82258) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Grus grus (197769) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Grus americanus (190077) Grus sp. (20273 192601) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Grus sp. (84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Bermuda | Baeopteryx latipes (194468) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Kansas) | Grus americana (76049) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | East Timor | Grus sp. (204406) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia (Java) | Grus grus (74620) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Grus americana (154771 154921) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Grus americana (74292 74294 154773) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | United Kingdom (England) | Grus grus (102953) | |
| Holocene | United Kingdom (England) | Grus grus (125446) | |
| Holocene | United Kingdom | Grus grus, Grus primigenia (125443) |