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Porphyrio melanotus samoensis

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Porphyrio samoensis was named by Peale (1848). It is extant.

It was recombined as Porphyrio porphyrio samoaensis by Worthy et al. (1998); it was recombined as Porphyrio melanotus samoensis by Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Porphyrio samoensis Peale
1998Porphyrio porphyrio samoaensis Worthy et al.
2017Porphyrio melanotus samoensis 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
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
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
genusPorphyrioBrisson 1760
speciesmelanotusTemminck 1820
subspeciessamoensis(Peale 1848)

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.

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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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 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)