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Fulica (coot)

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Fulica Linnaeus
1891Fulica Shufeldt p. 819
1892Fulica De Vis p. 454
1902Fulica Hay p. 528
1930Fulica Hay p. 333
1933Fulica Lambrecht p. 480
1940Fulica Wetmore p. 54
1956Fulica Wetmore p. 66
1967Fulica Brodkorb p. 129
1977Fulica Olson p. 351
1982Fulica Olson and James p. 36
1988Fulica Carroll
1992Fulica Emslie p. 262
1997Fulica Worthy p. 104
2002Fulica Mlikovsky p. 178
2003Fulica Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 450
2014Fulica del Hoyo et al.
2017Fulica Clements et al.
2020Fulica Worthy and Nguyen p. 86

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—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
genusFulica

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.

G. Fulica Linnaeus 1758 [coot]
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Fulica alai Peale 1848 [Hawaiian coot]
Fulica americana Gmelin 1789 [American coot]
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†Fulica americana shufeldti Brodkorb 1964
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Invalid names: Fulica minor Shufeldt 1891 [replaced]
Invalid names: Fulica hesterna Howard 1963 [synonym]
Fulica ardesiaca Tschudi 1843 [Andean coot]
Fulica armillata Vieillot 1817 [red-gartered coot]
Fulica atra Linnaeus 1758 [common coot]
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Invalid names: Fulica prior De Vis 1888 [synonym]
†Fulica chathamensis Forbes 1892 [Chatham coot]
Fulica cornuta Bonaparte 1853 [Horned coot]
Fulica cristata Gmelin 1789 [red-knobbed coot]
Fulica gigantea Eydoux and Souleyet 1841 [Giant coot]
†Fulica infelix Brodkorb 1961
Fulica leucoptera Vieillot 1817 [white-winged coot]
†Fulica montanei Alarcón-Muñoz et al. 2020
†Fulica newtonii Milne-Edwards 1867 [Mascarene coot]
†Fulica podagrica Brodkorb 1965 [coot]
†Fulica prisca Hamilton 1893 [New Zealand coot]
Fulica rufifrons Philppi and Landbeck 1861 [red-fronted coot]
†Fulica stekelesi Tchernov 1968
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: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Holocene or 12.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Fulica infelix (18823)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Fulica americana (19753) Fulica sp. (19764)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Fulica americana (154721)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Fulica atra (125458)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Fulica americana (176394)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Fulica americana (176098 237076)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Fulica americana (20334 20400)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Fulica americana (20370)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Fulica americana (20639) Fulica hesterna (192287)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Fulica atra (197926)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Fulica atra (187637 194477 199939)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Fulica americana (195048 195049)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Fulica sp., Fulica leucoptera, Fulica armillata, Fulica rufifrons (202096)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Fulica americana (161536)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Fulica minor (20491)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Fulica americana (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Timor-Leste Fulica sp. (204407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Fulica americana (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fulica americana (20581 20595) Fulica minor (20573 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (O'Higgins) Fulica ardesiaca, Fulica armillata, Fulica rufifrons, Fulica montanei (241352) Fulica sp., Fulica ardesiaca, Fulica armillata, Fulica rufifrons, Fulica montanei (71280)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Fulica atra (197788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan Fulica atra (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Fulica cristata (208788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fulica americana (154922) Fulica americana, Fulica minor (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Fulica americana (20273 123918 176267 190077 236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Fulica americana (71320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fulica americana (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Fulica americana, Fulica minor (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Fulica prisca (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fulica americana (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Fulica americana (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Fulica prisca (182840) Fulica sp. (182833)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Barbados Fulica podagrica (155059)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Fulica armillata (215543)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Fulica newtoni (194025 194169) Fulica newtonii (194024)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Fulica americana (63428)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Fulica americana (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Fulica americana (194907 194912 194926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Fulica chathamensis (198088 198113 198180 198188 198205 198210 198211 198222) Fulica prisca (100554 194618 194619 215577)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Fulica cristata (195019 236022)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Fulica atra (125443)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Fulica prisca (215392 215411 215414 215612)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Fulica americana (194592)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Fulica newtonii (193992 193994 193996)