†Australlus disneyi Boles 2005 (rail)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Alternative combination: Gallinula disneyi
Full reference: W. E. Boles. 2005. A new flightless gallinule (Aves: Rallidae: Gallinula) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 57:179-190
Belongs to Australlus according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020
See also Boles 2005 and Worthy and Boles 2011
Sister taxon: Australlus gagensis
Type specimen: QM F20906, a limb element (proximal humerus)
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at White Hunter Site (Oligocene of Australia)
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