Badistornis

Badistornis
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Aramidae
Genus: Badistornis
Wetmore, 1940
Species:
B. aramus
Binomial name
Badistornis aramus
Wetmore, 1940

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 the Metamynodon zone river channel sandstone of South Dakota.[1]

  1. ^ 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. S2CID 85014569.