Name - Eogruidae
Name Details
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:299878 [metadata]
Reported Taxonomic Ranks
Family
Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies
Animalia (Kingdom) Chordata (Phylum) Vertebrata (Subphylum) Aves (Class) Gruiformes (Order) |
References
Recent Publications
- New representatives and evolution of two archaic gruiform families in Eurasia.
- New avian remains from the Eocene of Mongolia and the phylogenetic position of the Eogruidae (Aves, Gruoidea).
- Fossil Birds from Mongolia and China.
- A new species of Eogruidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Miocene of the Linxia Basin, Gansu, China: Evolutionary and climatic implications.
- Extinct crane-like birds (Eogruidae and Ergilornithidae) from the Cenozoic of Central Asia are indeed ostrich precursors.
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