Gruiformes
This order comprises two superfamilies with three families each:
Ralloidea:
- Heliornithidae
- Sarothruridae
- Rallidae
Gruoidea:
- Gruidae
- Aramidae
- Psophiidae
Timetree of Gruiformes according to Prum et al. (2015) and Boast et al. (2019), with the distribution of each taxon being indicated by the colour-code used throughout this website (see Distribution colour code). Despite the mitogenome-based phylogenetic study of Krajewski et al. (2010), the interrelations among species of the genus Grus are not finally resolved (in particular the position of Grus/Leucogeranus leucogeranus), since their results may be affected by the occurrence of an extended gene duplication (Akiyama et al., 2017; Wang et al., 2018).
Timetree of Rallidae according to Boast et al. (2019) and Garcia-R. et al. (2014), with the distribution of each taxon being indicated by the colour-code used throughout this website (see Distribution colour code). The presented cladogram represents rather a backbone, since quite a number of genera are not yet included (Aenigmatolimnas, Cyanolimnas, Gymnocrex, Pareudiastes, Rallicula, Rougetius).
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