Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Full reference: D. W. Steadman. 1988. A new species of Porphyrio (Aves, Rallidae) from archaeological sites in the Marquesas islands. Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington 101:162-170
Belongs to Porphyrio according to J. del Hoyo et al. 2014
See also Steadman 1988 and Steadman and Rolett 1996
Sister taxa: Porphyrio albus, Porphyrio alleni, Porphyrio caerulescens, Porphyrio flavirostris, Porphyrio hochstetteri, Porphyrio kukwiedei, Porphyrio mackintoshi, Porphyrio mantelli, Porphyrio martinica, Porphyrio martinicus, Porphyrio mcnabi, Porphyrio melanotus, Porphyrio porphyrio, Notornis mantelli
Type specimen: BPBM 165649, a set of limb elements (femur). Its type locality is Hanatekua Shelter 2 site, Hiva Oa, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in French Polynesia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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