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Aramidae (limpkin)
Taxonomy
Aramidae was named by Bonaparte (1854). It is extant.
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Hay (1930); to Gruae by Lambrecht (1933); to Gruoidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Grues by Carroll (1988); to Grues by Mayr (2005); to Gruioidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Gruiformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Gruiformes by Hay (1930); to Gruae by Lambrecht (1933); to Gruoidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Grues by Carroll (1988); to Grues by Mayr (2005); to Gruioidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Gruiformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1854 | Aramidae Bonaparte |
| 1930 | Aramidae Hay p. 332 |
| 1933 | Aramidae Lambrecht p. 526 |
| 1940 | Aramidae Wetmore p. 51 |
| 1956 | Aramidae Wetmore p. 61 |
| 1988 | Aramidae Carroll |
| 2005 | Aramidae Mayr p. 389 |
| 2007 | Aramidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2014 | Aramidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Aramidae 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.
Fm. Aramidae Bonaparte 1854 [limpkin]
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G. Aramus Viellot 1816 [limpkin]
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Aramus guarauna Linnaeus 1762 [limpkin]
Aramus guarauna pictus Meyer 1794
†Aramus paludigrus Rasmussen 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available