Aves - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Alternative combination: Ardea grus
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Grus according to L. Carrera et al. 2018
See also Bedetti and Pavia 2013, Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Linnaeus 1758, Mlikovsky 2002 and Wetmore 1940
Sister taxa: Grus americana, Grus conferta, Grus japonensis, Grus latipes, Grus marshi, Grus melitensis, Grus mexicanus, Grus minor, Grus moldavica, Grus monacha, Grus nannodes, Grus nigricollis, Grus pentellici, Grus primigenia, Grus proavus, Grus turfa
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (2 collections), Indonesia (1), Italy (3), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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