Australlus gagensis Worthy and Boles 2011 (rail)

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

Belongs to Australlus according to T. H. Worthy and W. E. Boles 2011

See also Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxon: Australlus disneyi

Type specimen: QM F54511, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is AL90 Site, which is in a Miocene cave horizon in Australia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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