Order Gruiformes Bonaparte 1854 (bird)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39454
Parent taxon: Charadriimorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Ralliformes, Turniciformes
Subtaxa: Anisolornis, Aramidae, Asiavis, Eurypygae, Grues, Gruidae, Heliornithidae, Messelornithidae, Psophiidae, Rallidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore