Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Full reference: R. B. Salvador, A. Anderson, and A. J. D. Tennyson. 2021. An extinct new rail (Gallirallus, Aves: Rallidae) species from Rapa Island, French Polynesia. Taxonomy 1:448-457
Belongs to Gallirallus according to R. B. Salvador et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Gallirallus australis, Gallirallus dieffenbachii, Gallirallus epulare, Gallirallus gracilitibia, Gallirallus huiatua, Gallirallus insignis, Gallirallus lafresnayanus, Gallirallus minor, Gallirallus modestus, Gallirallus okinawae, Gallirallus owstoni, Gallirallus philippensis, Gallirallus ripleyi, Gallirallus roletti, Gallirallus storrsolsoni, Gallirallus vekamatolu, Hypotaenidia torquata, Hypotaenidia insignis, Hypotaenidia vavauensis, Hypotaenidia okinawae
Type specimen: NMNZ.S.044399, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Tangarutu Cave, excavation S1, Rapa Island, which is in a Holocene terrestrial sandstone in French Polynesia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tangarutu Cave, excavation S1, Rapa Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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