''Badistornis'' is a bird genus of the family

Aramidae Aramidae is a bird family in the order Gruiformes. The limpkin (''Aramus guarauna'') is the only living member of this family, although other species are known from the fossil record, such as '' Papulavis annae'' from the Eocene of France, '' Ara ...

. ''Badistornis aramus'' is the only member of this genus. It is similar to the living species

limpkin The limpkin (''Aramus guarauna''), also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, is a large wading bird related to rails and cranes, and the only extant species in the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the America ...

(''Aramus guarauna'') but larger. It was collected in the Metamynodon zone river channel sandstone of

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

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Gruiformes Monotypic prehistoric bird genera Prehistoric birds of North America {{Gruiformes-stub