Biology:Badistornis
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Short description: Genus of bird
| Badistornis Temporal range: Oligocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Aramidae |
| Genus: | Badistornis Wetmore, 1940 |
| Species: | B. aramus
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| Binomial name | |
| Badistornis aramus Wetmore, 1940
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Badistornis is a bird genus of the family Aramidae. Badistornis aramus is the only member of this genus. It is similar to the living species limpkin (Aramus guarauna) but larger. It was collected in Metamynodon zone river channel sandstone of South Dakota.[1]
References
- ↑ Wetmore, A. (1940). "Fossil Bird Remains from Tertiary Deposits in the United States.". Journal of Morphology 66 (1): 25–37. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050660105.
Wikidata ☰ Q114874858 entry
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