Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Parent taxon: Rallidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1967, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Meijer et al. 2013, Mlikovsky 2002, Morgan 1994, Olson 1975, Olson 1977, Olson and James 1982, Olson and James 1991, Salotti et al. 1997 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Amaurornis, Aphanocrex, Aramides, Atlantisia, Australlus, 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, Quercyrallus, Rallicrex, Rallina, Rallinae, Rallus, Sarothrurinae, Tribonyx, Vitirallus, Wanshuina, Youngornis, Zapornia
Subtaxa: Porzana albicollis Porzana astrictocarpus Porzana carolina Porzana estramosi Porzana fasciata Porzana fluminea Porzana keplerorum Porzana menehune Porzana piercei Porzana porzana Porzana ralphorum Porzana rua Porzana severnsi Porzana spiloptera Porzana ziegleri
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), the Bahamas (3), Bermuda (1), Cayman Islands (1), Cook Islands (8), the Dominican Republic (2), France (2), French Polynesia (2), Greece (2), Guam (2), Indonesia (2), Mexico (1), Northern Mariana Islands (17), Peru (1), Saint Helena (3), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (17: Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Hungary (1)
Total: 73 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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