Aramidae
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Superfamily: Gruoidea
Family: Aramidae
Bonaparte, 1854
Genus

Aramidae is a bird family in the order Gruiformes.[1] The limpkin (Aramus guarauna) is the only living member of this family, although other species are known from the fossil record, such as Aramus paludigrus from the Middle Miocene[2] and Badistornis aramus from Oligocene.[3]

References

  1. ^ del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David A; de Juana, Eduardo, eds. (2017). "Limpkin (Aramidae)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ Rasmussen, Tab (1997). Kay, R.F.; Madden, R.H.; Cifelli, R.L.; Flynn, J.J. (eds.). Vertebrate paleontology in the neotropics – the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Birds. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  3. ^ Wetmore, A. (1940). "Fossil Bird Remains from Tertiary Deposits in the United States". Journal of Morphology. 66 (1): 25–37.
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