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Porphyrio melanotus (Australasian swamphen)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Porphyrio melanotus was named by Temminck (1820). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Porphyrio melanotus Temminck
2015Porphyrio melanotus Worthy et al. p. 230
2017Porphyrio melanotus Clements et al.
2019Porphyrio melanotus Worthy and Burley
2020Porphyrio melanotus Worthy and Nguyen p. 85

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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
speciesmelanotusTemminck 1820

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 melanotus Temminck 1820 [Australasian swamphen]
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†Porphyrio melanotus nujagura Boles and Mackness 1994
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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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue Porphyrio samoensis (193851 193852 193853 193854 193857 193858 193859 193866 193873)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) Porphyrio melanotus (208863 208865 208867)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Porphyrio melanotus (193986 193987 193988) Porphyrio porphyrio (13221)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Porphyrio melanotus (185434)