Family Gruidae Vigors 1825 (crane)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39499
Parent taxon: Gruiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Anisolornis, Aramidae, Asiavis, Cariamae, Eurypygae, Grues, Heliornithidae, Horezmavis, Messelornithidae, Psophiidae, Rallidae, Ralloidea
Subtaxa: Antigone, Balearicinae, Bugeranus, Geranopsis, Gruinae, Grus, Leucogeranus, Palaeogrus, Pliogrus, Probalearica, Protogrus, Urmiornis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore