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Gruinae

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Gruidae

Taxonomy
Gruinae is a subfamily. It is extant. Its type is Grus.

It was assigned to Gruidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mayr (2005) and del Hoyo et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Gruinae Hay p. 331
1940Gruinae Wetmore p. 48
1956Gruinae Wetmore p. 59
2001Gruinae Olson and Rasmussen p. 290
2005Gruinae Mayr p. 389
2014Gruinae del Hoyo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyGruidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyGruinae
subfamilyGruinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Gruinae
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G. †Aletornis Marsh 1872
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†Aletornis bellus Marsh 1872
†Aletornis gracilis Marsh 1872
†Aletornis nobilis Marsh 1872
†Aletornis pernix Marsh 1872
†Aletornis venustus Marsh 1872
G. Anthropoides Vieillot 1816 [cranes]
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Anthropoides paradiseus Lichtenstein 1793 [Blue crane]
Anthropoides virgo Linnaeus 1758 [Demoiselle crane]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Bridgerian or 47.80000 to 46.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Aletornis nobilis, Aletornis bellus (16228)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Aletornis pernix, Aletornis venustus, Aletornis gracilis (81455)