{{short description|Extinct species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = Pleistocene | name = ''Grus pagei'' | image_caption = Sarus Crane, ''Grus antigone'' | genus = Grus | species = pagei | authority = Campbell, 1995 }}
'''''Grus pagei''''' is an extinct crane reported from the Upper Pleistocene asphalt deposits of Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. It is one of three cranes present at Rancho La Brea, the others being the still-living whooping crane (''Grus americana'') and the still-living sandhill crane (''Antigone canadensis''). It is the smallest of the three cranes, and it had a relatively longer, more slender skull than the living cranes. At least 11 individuals are represented by 42 fossil bones. Described by Kenneth E. Campbell Jr. in 1995, it was named after the philanthropist responsible for the museum at the tar pits, George C. Page.
==References== *{{cite journal |author=Kenneth E. Campbell Jr. |year=1995 |title=A review of the cranes (Aves: Gruidae) of Rancho La Brea, with the description of a new species |journal=Contributions in Science |publisher=Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |volume=452 |pages=1–13 |doi=10.5962/p.208087 |s2cid=195409735 |url=http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS452.pdf |access-date=2011-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629102355/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS452.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-29 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Grus (bird) Category:Fossil taxa described in 1995 Category:Pleistocene birds Category:Pleistocene birds of North America
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