Ardea purpurea Linnaeus 1766 (purple heron)
PaleoDB taxon number: 373507
Belongs to Ardea according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Ardea alba, Ardea aurelianensis, Ardea brachyrhyncha, Ardea brunhuberi, Ardea cinerea, Ardea cocoi, Ardea effosa, Ardea formosa, Ardea goliath, Ardea herodias, Ardea humbloti, Ardea insignis, Ardea intermedia, Ardea latipes, Ardea lignitum, Ardea melanocephala, Ardea modesta, Ardea pacifica, Ardea paloccidentalis, Ardea perplexa, Ardea piveteaui, Ardea plumifera, Ardea polkensis, Ardea sumatrana