Badistornis

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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Aramidae
Genus:	Badistornis Wetmore, 1940
Species:	B. aramus
Binomial name
Badistornis aramus Wetmore, 1940