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Gallirallus epulare (Nuku Hiva rail)
Taxonomy
Gallirallus epulare was named by Kirchman and Steadman (2007). Its type specimen is BPBM 181658, a set of limb elements (left ulna), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ha'atuatua Dune, Nuku Hiva, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in French Polynesia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Gallirallus epulare Kirchman and Steadman p. 158 figs. 4D, 5C, 6C, 7B, 8B |
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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.
†Gallirallus epulare Kirchman and Steadman 2007 [Nuku Hiva rail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||