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Porzana keplerorum
Taxonomy
Porzana keplerorum was named by Olson and James (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 378377, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Auwahi Cave, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Hawaii.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Porzana keplerorum Olson and James p. 51 figs. (Figs. 15A, E, I, 16C |
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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 keplerorum Olson and James 1991
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. L. Olson and H. F. James 1991 | LargerthanP. menehunebutsmallerthananyotherknownspecies
of HawaiianRallidaeexceptP. ziegleri.DiffersfromP. ziegleriin havingthe wing elements much more reduced,the premaxillarysymphysis shorterand stouter, and the distal end of the humerus less expanded. The proximo-anteriorsurface of the tarsometatarsusis more excavated, producinga narrower,better defined externalridge,and the distal foramenis larger. |
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||