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Rallinae

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Rallinae Vigors
1930Rallinae Hay p. 334
1940Rallinae Wetmore p. 51
1956Rallinae Wetmore p. 62
1967Rallinae Brodkorb p. 116
1979Rallinae Campbell
2006Rallinae Mayr p. 24
2014Rallinae del Hoyo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyRallidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyRallinaeVigors 1825
subfamilyRallinaeVigors 1825

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Rallinae Vigors 1825
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G. †Aphanapteryx Frauenfeld 1868
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Aphanapteryx bonasia Frauenfeld 1868 [red rail]
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Invalid names: Didus broeckii Schegel 1854 [synonym]
G. †Belgirallus Mayr and Smith 2001
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Belgirallus minutus Mayr and Smith 2001
Belgirallus oligocaenus Mayr and Smith 2001
G. †Creccoides Shufeldt 1892
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Creccoides osbornii Shufeldt 1892
G. †Diaphorapteryx Forbes 1892 [great Chatham Island rail]
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Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi Forbes 1892
G. †Eulabeornis Gould 1844 [Chestnut rail]
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Eulabeornis castaneoventris Gould 1844 [Chestnut rail]
G. Gymnocrex Salvadori 1875 [rails]
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Gymnocrex plumbeiventris Gray 1862 [Bare-eyed rail]
Gymnocrex rosenbergii Schlegel 1866 [Blue-faced rail]
Gymnocrex talaudensis Lambert 1998 [Talaud rail]
G. Habroptila Gray 1861 [Drummer rail]
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Habroptila wallacii Gray 1860 [Drummer rail]
G. Pareudiastes Hartlaub and Finsch 1871 [moorhen]
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Pareudiastes pacificus Hartlaub and Finsch 1871 [Samoan moorhen]
Pareudiastes silvestris Mayr 1933 [Makira moorhen]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium (Brabant) Belgirallus sp., Belgirallus oligocaenus, Belgirallus minutus (75867)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Hessen) Belgirallus oligocaenus (84825)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Rallinae indet. (18284)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Rallinae indet. (18554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Aphanapteryx bonasia (194029 194169) Aphanapteryx broecki (194025) Aphanapteryx broeckii (194024)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi (198088 198117 198197 198200 198202)