Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Full reference: T. H. Worthy and W. E. Boles. 2011. Australlus, a new genus for Gallinula disneyi (Aves: Rallidae) and a description of a new species from Oligo-Miocene deposits at Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 63:61-67
Parent taxon: Rallidae according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020
See also Worthy and Boles 2011
Sister taxa: Amaurornis, Aphanocrex, Aramides, Atlantisia, 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, Zapornia
Subtaxa: Australlus disneyi Australlus gagensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (4 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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