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Porphyrio kukwiedei (New Caledonia gallinule)
Taxonomy
Porphyrio kukwiedei was named by Balouet and Olson (1989). Its type specimen is MNHN NCP 410, a set of limb elements (left tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pindai Cave, Nepoui Peninsula, which is in a Holocene cave claystone in New Caledonia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Porphyrio kukwiedei Balouet and Olson p. 23 figs. 11A-C,E,G, 12C,D, 13C,D |
| 2014 | Porphyrio kukwiedei del Hoyo et al. |
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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.
†Porphyrio kukwiedei Balouet and Olson 1989 [New Caledonia gallinule]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||