Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Alternative combinations: Fulica newtoni, Palaeolimnas newtoni
Full reference: A. Milne-Edwards. 1867. Memoire sur une espèce éteinte du genre Fulica qui habitait autrefois l'île Maurice. . Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Cinquième Série, Zoolologie et Paléontologie 8:195-220
Belongs to Fulica according to C. Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1999
See also Brodkorb 1967, Cowles 1994, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933, Milne-Edwards 1867, Newton and Gadow 1893 and Olson 1977
Sister taxa: Fulica alai, Fulica americana, Fulica ardesiaca, Fulica armillata, Fulica atra, Fulica chathamensis, Fulica cornuta, Fulica cristata, Fulica gigantea, Fulica infelix, Fulica leucoptera, Fulica picapicensis, Fulica podagrica, Fulica prisca, Fulica rufifrons, Fulica stekelesi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mare aux Songes swamp (Clark collection), which is in a Holocene mire/swamp peat in Mauritius
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mauritius (3 collections), Reunion (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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