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Rallus limicola (Virginia rail)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Rallus limicola was named by Vieillot (1819). It is extant.

Synonyms
  • Porzana auffenbergi was named by Brodkorb (1954). Its type specimen is UF/PB 742, a limb element (left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is HAILE 1A, which is in a Pleistocene spring siliciclastic in Florida.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Rallus limicola by Olson (1974); it was recombined as Rallus limicola auffenbergi by Olson (1977).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Rallus limicola Vieillot
1940Rallus limicola Wetmore p. 52
1942Rallus limicola Miller and DeMay p. 110
1954Porzana auffenbergi Brodkorb
1956Porzana auffenbergi Wetmore p. 64
1956Rallus limicola Wetmore p. 64
1963Rallus limicola Howard p. 22
1967Porzana auffenbergi Brodkorb p. 121
1967Rallus limicola Brodkorb p. 132
1977Rallus limicola auffenbergi Olson p. 349
1992Rallus limicola Emslie p. 261
2010Rallus limicola Guthrie p. 4
2017Rallus limicola 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
specieslimicolaVieillot 1819

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 limicola Vieillot 1819 [Virginia rail]
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Invalid names: Porzana auffenbergi Brodkorb 1954 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Rancholabrean or 4.70000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Rallus limicola (19753)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Rallus limicola (152653)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Rallus limicola (240844)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Porzana auffenbergi, Rallus limicola (20491) Rallus limicola (20398 20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Rallus limicola (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porzana auffenbergi (154922) Rallus limicola (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Rallus limicola (44954 176267 236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Rallus limicola (103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porzana auffenbergi, Rallus limicola (20573 20595)