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Zapornia

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Zapornia was named by Leach (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rallinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Rallidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Zapornia Leach
2014Zapornia del Hoyo et al.
2017Zapornia Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Saurischia()
—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
genusZaporniaLeach 1816

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.

G. Zapornia Leach 1816
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Zapornia atra North 1908 [Henderson Island crake]
Zapornia flavirostra Swainson 1837 [Black crake]
Zapornia fusca Linnaeus 1766 [ruddy-breasted crake]
Zapornia parva Scopoli 1769 [Little crake]
Zapornia pusilla Pallas 1776 [Baillon's crake]
†Zapornia sandwichensis Gmelin 1789 [Hawaiian rail]
Zapornia tabuensis Gmelin 1789 [spotless crake]
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, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Timor-Leste Z. sp. (204407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) Porzana fusca (192971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Porzana pusilla (208788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Porzana tabuensis (194696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Porzana fusca (193440)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Porzana atra (193762 193763 193764 193786 193787 193788 193789 193790 193791 193793)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Porzana tabuensis (194700 194752)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Porzana tabuensis (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Porzana tabuensis (193985 193986 193987 193988)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Porzana tabuensis (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Porzana tabuensis (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue Porzana tabuensis (193848 193850 193851 193852 193856 193857 193858 193867)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Porzana tabuensis (97455 193448 193452 193453 193454 194747 194748 194762)