Reptilia - Natatores - Ardeidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 39542
Synonyms: Casmerodius Gloger 1842 (no. 368410), Herodias Boie 1822 (no. 368955)
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Ardeidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Ardeacites, Ardeagrandis, Ardeinae, Botaurinae, Botaurites, Botaurus, Butorides, Calcardea, Egretta, Eoceornis, Gnotornis, Ixobrychus, Matuku, Nyctanassa, Nycticorax, Palaeophoyx, Syrigma, Zeltornis
Subtaxa: Ardea alba, Ardea aurelianensis, Ardea brunhuberi, Ardea cinerea, Ardea cocoi, Ardea effosa, Ardea formosa, Ardea herodias, Ardea humbloti, Ardea latipes, Ardea lignitum, Ardea paloccidentalis, Ardea perplexa, Ardea piveteaui, Ardea polkensis, Ardea purpurea
Ecology: volant piscivore