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Porphyrio martinica (purple gallinule)
Taxonomy
Fulica martinica was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.
It was recombined as Ionornis martinica by Wetmore (1938); it was recombined as Porphyrula martinica by Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1959), Bernstein (1965) and Morgan (1994); it was recombined as Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus by Reis and Steadman (1999); it was recombined as Porphyrio martinica by Clements et al. (2017); it was recombined as Porphyrio martinicus by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Oswald and Steadman (2018).
It was recombined as Ionornis martinica by Wetmore (1938); it was recombined as Porphyrula martinica by Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1959), Bernstein (1965) and Morgan (1994); it was recombined as Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus by Reis and Steadman (1999); it was recombined as Porphyrio martinica by Clements et al. (2017); it was recombined as Porphyrio martinicus by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Oswald and Steadman (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1766 | Fulica martinica Linnaeus p. 259 |
| 1938 | Ionornis martinica Wetmore p. 54 |
| 1956 | Porphyrula martinica Wetmore p. 65 |
| 1959 | Porphyrula martinica Brodkorb |
| 1965 | Porphyrula martinica Bernstein p. 272 |
| 1994 | Porphyrula martinica Morgan p. 480 |
| 1999 | Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus Reis and Steadman p. 278 |
| 2014 | Porphyrio martinicus del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Porphyrio martinica Clements et al. |
| 2018 | Porphyrio martinicus Oswald and Steadman p. 366 |
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Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 [purple gallinule]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Porphyrula martinica (20573 20595) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Porphyrula martinica (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Porphyrula martinica (154922) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic | Porphyrula martinica (194485) | |
| Holocene | Martinique | Porphyrula martinica (194486) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) | Porphyrula martinica (186637) | |
| Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda | Porphyrula martinica (94616 215286) | |
| Holocene | Montserrat | Porphyrio martinicus (194569 194570) | |
| Holocene | Puerto Rico | Ionornis martinica (194583) |