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Gallinula (moorhen)

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Gallinula Brisson
1892Gallinula De Vis p. 454
1924Gallinula Wetmore p. 10
1930Gallinula Hay p. 334
1933Gallinula Lambrecht p. 474
1933Gallinula Wetmore p. 12
1940Gallinula Wetmore p. 53
1956Gallinula Wetmore p. 65
1967Gallinula Brodkorb p. 125
1975Gallinula Olson p. 25
1977Gallinula Olson p. 350
1982Gallinula Olson and James p. 36
1988Gallinula Carroll
1992Gallinula Baird p. 26
1997Gallinula Worthy p. 104
2002Gallinula Mlikovsky p. 178
2003Gallinula Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 450
2005Gallinula Boles p. 181
2008Gallinula Burney et al. p. 18
2017Gallinula 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
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
genusGallinulaBrisson 1760

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. Gallinula Brisson 1760 [moorhen]
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†Gallinula balcanica Boev 1997
Gallinula chloropus Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian moorhen]
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Invalid names: Gallinula brodkorbi McCoy 1963 [synonym]
†Gallinula gigantea Tchernov 1980
†Gallinula hodgenorum Scarlett 1955 [Hodgen's rail]
†Gallinula kansarum Brodkorb 1967
†Gallinula peralta De Vis 1892
†Gallinula strenuipes De Vis 1888
Gallinula tenebrosa Gould 1846 [dusky moorhen]
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, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.04 - 2.58USA (Arizona) Gallinula sp. (216972)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Gallinula sp. (19753)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Idaho) Gallinula chloropus (176409)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) Gallinula chloropus (213667)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Gallinula chloropus (199938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Gallinula chloropus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom Gallinula chloropus (197163)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Gallinula chloropus (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gallinula brodkorbi, Gallinula chloropus (154773) Gallinula chloropus (154922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Gallinula n. sp. (194699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gallinula chloropus (20573 20595 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Gallinula chloropus (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Gallinula chloropus (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Gallinula chloropus (192951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Gallinula chloropus (208788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gallinula chloropus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Gallinula hodgenorum (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan Gallinula chloropus (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Gallinula chloropus (95824 95827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Tonga Gallinula n. sp. (194698)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Gallinula tenebrosa (13221)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Gallinula hodgenorum (100554 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Gallinula chloropus (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Gallinula chloropus (125443)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Gallinula chloropus (38847)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Gallinula hodgenorum (215381 215387 215392 215403 215421)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Gallinula chloropus (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Gallinula chloropus (148207 241336)