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Descriptions of all fossil Gruiformes (1 Viewer)

Fred Ruhe

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Netherlands
Insert between
Familia Gruidae Vigors, 1825 and subfamilia Balearicinae W. L. Sclater, 1924 so you get:

Familia Gruidae Vigors, 1825
Subfamilia Incertae Sedis

Genus Palaeogeranos Louchart et Duhamel, 2021

Palaeogeranos tourmenti Louchart et Duhamel, 2021
Antoine Louchart & Anais Duhamel, 2021
A new fossil from the early Oligocene of Provence (France) increases the diversity of early Gruoidea and adds constraint on the origin of cranes (Gruidae) and limpkin (Aramidae)
Journal of Ornithology in press
See attachment 1

Subfamilia Balearicinae W. L. Sclater, 1924
 

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