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]
| Badistornis Temporal range: Oligocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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 | |
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