†Aramornis Wetmore 1926 (limpkin)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Aramidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1926. Descriptions of additional fossil birds from the Miocene of Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 211:1-5
Parent taxon: Aramidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Carroll 1988, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1926, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Aramus, Badistornis, Gnotornis
Subtaxa: Aramornis longurio
Type: Aramornis longurio
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Thomson Quarry (Miocene of Nebraska)
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