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Badistornis aramus Wetmore 



Badistornis aramus Wetmore, Journ. Morph., vol. 66, Jan. 2, 1940, p. 30, 

 figs. 7-10. 



OHgocene (Metamynodon zone, Brule formation) : 35 miles south- 

 west of Scenic, South Dakota. 



Genus ARAMORNIS Wetmore 



Aramornis Wetmore, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 211, Mar. ii, 1926, p. i. Type, 

 by original designation, Aramornis longurio Wetmore. 



Aramornis longurio Wetmore 



Aramornis longurio Wetmore, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 211, Mar. 11, 1926, 

 p. I, figs. 1-4. 



Middle Miocene (Lower Sheep Creek beds) : Snake Creek Quar- 

 ries, Sioux County, Nebraska. 



Genus GNOTORNIS Wetmore 



Gnotornis Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. loi, No. 14, May 11, 1942, 

 p. I. Type, by monotypy, Gnotornis araviiellus Wetmore. 



Gnotornis aramiellus Wetmore 



Gnotornis aramiellus Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. loi, No. 14, 

 May II, 1942, p. I, figs. 1-4. 



Upper OHgocene (Upper Brule formation, Protoceras-Leptau- 

 chenia beds) : 25 miles southeast of Scenic and 6 miles east of Rocky- 

 ford, Washington County, South Dakota. 



Superfamily RALLOIDEA: Rails 



Family RALLIDAE: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 



Subfamily RALLINAE: Rails 



Genus TELMATORNIS Marsh s^ 



Telmatornis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 49, March 1870, p. 210. 

 Type, by subsequent designation, Telmatornis priscus Marsh (Hay, 1902). 



Telmatornis affinis Marsu 



Telmatornis affinis Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 49, Alarch 1870, 

 p. 211. 



Paleocene (Hornerstown marl) : Hornerstown, New Jersey. 



s'^ Allocation in the subfamily Rallinae provisional. 



