Subfamily Gruinae (crane)
Aves - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Parent taxon: Gruidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Mayr 2005, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Antigone, Balearicinae, Bugeranus, Geranopsis, Grus, Leucogeranus, Palaeogrus, Pliogrus, Protogrus
Subtaxa: Aletornis Anthropoides
Type: Grus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections including 5 occurrences