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Porphyrio martinica (purple gallinule)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Fulica martinica was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ionornis martinica by Wetmore (1938); it was recombined as Porphyrula martinica by Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1959), Bernstein (1965), Morgan (1994); it was recombined as Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus by Reis and Steadman (1999); it was recombined as Porphyrio martinica by Clements et al. (2017); it was recombined as Porphyrio martinicus by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Oswald and Steadman (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Fulica martinica Linnaeus p. 259
1938Ionornis martinica Wetmore p. 54
1956Porphyrula martinica Wetmore p. 65
1959Porphyrula martinica Brodkorb
1965Porphyrula martinica Bernstein p. 272
1994Porphyrula martinica Morgan p. 480
1999Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus Reis and Steadman p. 278
2014Porphyrio martinicus del Hoyo et al.
2017Porphyrio martinica Clements et al.
2018Porphyrio martinicus Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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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
genusPorphyrioBrisson 1760
speciesmartinica(Linnaeus 1766)

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.

Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 [purple gallinule]
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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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porphyrula martinica (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porphyrula martinica (154922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porphyrula martinica (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic Porphyrula martinica (194485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Martinique Porphyrula martinica (194486)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico Ionornis martinica (194583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Montserrat Porphyrio martinicus (194569 194570)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Porphyrula martinica (94616 215286)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Porphyrula martinica (186637)