Aves - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Alternative combination: Baeopteryx latipes
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1960. Pleistocene birds in Bermuda. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 140(2):1-11
Belongs to Grus according to S. L. Olson and D. B. Wingate 2000
See also Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Grus americana, Grus conferta, Grus grus, Grus japonensis, Grus marshi, Grus melitensis, Grus mexicanus, Grus minor, Grus moldavica, Grus monacha, Grus nannodes, Grus nigricollis, Grus pentellici, Grus primigenia, Grus proavus, Grus turfa
Type specimen: USNM 22505, a set of limb elements (right tarsometatarsus)
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at H. Bernard Wilkinson Quarry (Quaternary of Bermuda)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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