Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Parent taxon: Rallidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Amaurornis, Aphanocrex, Aramides, Atlantisia, Australlus, Capellirallus, Coturnicops, Crex, Cyanolimnas, Dryolimnas, Eocrex, Erythromachus, Fulica, Fulicaletornis, Fulicinae, Gallinula, Gallinulinae, Gallirallus, Hapalocrex, Himantornithinae, Hovacrex, Ibidopsis, Laterallus, Latipons, Lewinia, Ludiortyx, Megagallinula, Microtribonyx, Miofulica, Miorallus, Montirallus, Mundia, Nesoclopeus, Nesolimnas, Nesotrochis, Palaeoaramides, Palaeorallus, Paraortygometra, Pardirallus, Parvirallus, Pediorallus, Pleistorallus, Porphyrio, Porzana, Quercyrallus, Rallicrex, Rallina, Rallinae, Rallus, Sarothrurinae, Tribonyx, Vitirallus, Wanshuina, Youngornis
Subtaxa: Zapornia atra Zapornia flavirostra Zapornia fusca Zapornia parva Zapornia pusilla Zapornia sandwichensis Zapornia tabuensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cook Islands (8 collections), Egypt (1), French Polynesia (2), Japan (2), New Caledonia (4), Niue (8), Papua New Guinea (1), Pitcairn (10), Timor-Leste (1), Tonga (2), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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