Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Full reference: S. L. Olson and D. B. Wingate. 2001. A new species of large flightless rail of the Rallus longirostris/elegans complex (Aves: Rallidae) from the late Pleistocene of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114(2):509-516
Belongs to Rallus according to S. L. Olson and D. B. Wingate 2001
Sister taxa: Rallus adolfocaesaris, Rallus aquaticus, Rallus carvaoensis, Rallus cyanocavi, Rallus elegans, Rallus ibycus, Rallus limicola, Rallus longirostris, Rallus lowei, Rallus minutus, Rallus montivagorum, Rallus natator, Rallus phillipsi, Rallus prenticei, Rallus richmondi, Rallus virginianus
Type specimen: UF/PB 5108, a skull. Its type locality is Rail Cave, Government Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill siliciclastic in Bermuda.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rail Cave, Government Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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