Order Gruiformes Bonaparte 1854 (bird)
Parent taxon: Charadriimorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Gadow 1898, Hay 1930, Jaekel 1911, Kurochkin 2000, Mayr 2005, Mourer-Chauvire et al. 2011, Parmalee 1992, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1960 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Morsoravis, Ralliformes, Turniciformes
Subtaxa: Anisolornis Aramidae Asiavis Bumbanipes Bumbaniralla Cariamae Eurypygae Grues Gruidae Heliornithidae Horezmavis Messelornithidae Psophiidae Rallidae Salmilidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore