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Porzana menehune
Taxonomy
Porzana menehune was named by Olson and James (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 385947, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ilio Point, which is in a Holocene interdune horizon in Hawaii.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Porzana menehune Olson and James p. 51 figs. Figs. 15H, 16B |
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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.
†Porzana menehune Olson and James 1991
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. L. Olson and H. F. James 1991 | Smallerthan P. ziegleri,P. keplerorum,or any other known species of Rallidae.Humeruswiththeshaftrelativelystraighterandmorerobustthanin
P. zieglerior P. keplerorum.The carpometacarpusdiffersfrom that of P. ziegleri orP.kepleroruminhavingadeepnotchproximaltothealularmetacarpalon the dorsal edge of the external trochlea, giving the latter a hooked appearance (Fig. 16B). |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||