Badistornis
Genus of bird
| Badistornis Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Aramidae |
| Genus: | Badistornis Wetmore, 1940 |
| Species: | B. aramus |
| Binomial name | |
| Badistornis aramus Wetmore, 1940 | |
Badistornis is a bird genus of the family Aramidae. Badistornis aramus is the only member of this genus. It is similar to the living species limpkin (Aramus guarauna) but larger. It was collected in the Metamynodon zone river channel sandstone of South Dakota.[1]
References
- ^ Wetmore, A. (1940). "Fossil Bird Remains from Tertiary Deposits in the United States". Journal of Morphology. 66 (1): 25–37. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050660105. S2CID 85014569.
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Genera of Gruiformes
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Infraclass: Neognathae
- Clade: Neoaves
- Order: Gruiformes
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