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Porzana severnsi
Taxonomy
Porzana severnsi was named by Olson and James (1991). Its type specimen is USNM 378344-378363, a partial skeleton, 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 severnsi Olson and James p. 60 figs. Fig. 17A, C, G-K, N |
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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 severnsi Olson and James 1991
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. L. Olson and H. F. James 1991 | Largerthan any of the known flightless rails from the Hawaiian IslandsexceptP. ralphorumof Oahu.DiffersfromP. ralphorumin the longer premaxillaryand much longermandibularsymphyses;more reducedhumerus with more angularbicipital crest;tibiotarsuswith distal tendinal opening widest in its transversedimension, not rounded;tarsometatarsuswith distal foramen situated more proximally. |
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004 | |||||