Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Gruiformes

Original entries

†Eogruinae (Subfamily) (Wetmore) P. Brodkorb, 1967
†Geranoidinae (Subfamily) (Wetmore) P. Brodkorb, 1967

Current position

Gruoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.

Alternative positions

Grues (Suborder) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 372.

Historical positions

Gruoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 128. [implicit]
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: 1995
Gruoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 97.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 372.
Grues (Suborder) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 980.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 559.
Grues (Suborder) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 145.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4g;15s;15ss; †10g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 May 2015	[4g;15s;15ss; †10g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 23, 128	4g;15s;[15ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	2g;15s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[4g;15s]
1982	W.J. Bock	2sf;4g;15s
1967	P. Brodkorb	[; †10g]