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Rallus elegans (king rail)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Rallus elegans was named by Audubon (1834). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Rallus elegans Audubon
1931Rallus elegans Wetmore p. 37
1940Rallus elegans Wetmore p. 53
1956Rallus elegans Wetmore p. 63
1967Rallus elegans Brodkorb p. 132
2016Rallus elegans Kilmer and Steadman p. 23 fig. 18B
2017Rallus elegans Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—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
genusRallusLinnaeus 1758
specieselegansAudubon 1834

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.

Rallus elegans Audubon 1834 [king rail]
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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, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.77400 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Rallus elegans (20385)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Rallus elegans (195048)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Rallus elegans (20398 20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Rallus elegans, Aramides cajanea (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Rallus elegans (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Rallus elegans (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Rallus elegans (154722)