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Taxon: Suborder Grues Bonaparte, 1854 - cranes, limpkins, trumpeters (bird)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Gruiformes

Current position

Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854 Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.

Alternative positions

Ralliformes (Order) Reichenbach, 1854 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 145.

Historical positions

Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854 Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 625).
Ralliformes (Order) Reichenbach, 1854 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 145.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 3f;6g;19s;26ss; †4f;19g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 31 Jul 2017 [3f;6g;19s;26ss; †4f]
2007 B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi [3f]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 625 [7f; †4f]
1967 P. Brodkorb [; †1f;18g]
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