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Rallus

Osteichthyes - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Rallus Linnaeus
1908Rallus Gaillard p. 109
1930Rallus Hay p. 334
1933Rallus Lambrecht p. 467
1940Rallus Wetmore p. 53
1942Epirallus Miller
1956Epirallus Wetmore p. 63
1956Rallus Wetmore p. 63
1967Rallus Brodkorb p. 120
1967Epirallus Brodkorb p. 125
1977Rallus Olson p. 349
1988Rallus Carroll
1992Rallus Baird p. 26
1992Rallus Emslie p. 260
1994Rallus Morgan p. 467
2002Rallus Mlikovsky p. 178
2017Rallus 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
genusRallusLinnaeus 1758

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. Rallus Linnaeus 1758
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†Rallus adolfocaesaris Alcover et al. 2015 [Porto Santo rail]
Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 [water rail]
†Rallus carvaoensis Alcover et al. 2015 [São Miguel rail]
†Rallus cyanocavi Steadman et al. 2013
Rallus elegans Audubon 1834 [king rail]
†Rallus ibycus Olson and Wingate 2000 [lesser Bermuda rail]
Rallus limicola Vieillot 1819 [Virginia rail]
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Invalid names: Porzana auffenbergi Brodkorb 1954 [synonym]
Rallus longirostris Boddaert 1783 [mangrove rail]
†Rallus lowei Alcover et al. 2015 [Madeira rail]
†Rallus minutus Alcover et al. 2015 [São Jorge rail]
†Rallus montivagorum Alcover et al. 2015 [Pico rail]
†Rallus natator Miller 1942
†Rallus phillipsi Wetmore 1957
†Rallus prenticei Wetmore 1944
†Rallus recessus Olson and Wingate 2001 [flightless rail]
†Rallus richmondi Olson 1977
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Invalid names: Rallus dubius Portis 1887 [replaced]
Rallus virginianus Linnaeus 1766
Invalid names: Epirallus Miller 1942 [synonym]
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 MN 6 to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.1 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) R. sp. (167497)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) R. sp. (19764) R. sp., R. longirostris, R. limicola (19753)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) R. sp. B, R. longirostris (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) R. sp. (19750)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) R. aquaticus (213667)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) R. sp. (28222)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) R. limicola (152653)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) R. sp. (20350 20400) R. sp., R. elegans (20385)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece R. aquaticus (187637 199937)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) R. aquaticus (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy R. aquaticus (197786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) R. elegans (195048)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Roma) R. aquaticus (44090)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda R. ibycus (194454 194465)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Portugal R. adolfocaesaris (194294) R. sp., R. adolfocaesaris (194295)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Porzana auffenbergi, R. limicola (20491) R. elegans, R. limicola (20398) R. longirostris, R. elegans, R. limicola (20440)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) R. limicola (240844)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) R. longirostris, R. elegans, Aramides cajanea (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) R. limicola (44954 176267 236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) R. limicola (103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) R. elegans (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) R. limicola (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda R. recessus (154781)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porzana auffenbergi (154922) R. elegans, R. limicola (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan R. aquaticus (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan R. sp. nov. (193440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) R. sp. (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porzana auffenbergi, R. elegans, R. limicola (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) R. aquaticus (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain R. aquaticus (199944)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) R. longirostris (190743)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) R. longirostris (194912 194926 194927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. R. longirostris (132605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) R. longirostris (144133)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal R. carvaoensis (240708) R. minutus (240722 240724) R. montivagorum (240705 240706 240712 240713) R. sp. A (194292) R. sp. B (240707 240711 240726 240731 240732) R. sp. C (240730) R. sp., R. lowei (240714 240728)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) R. aquaticus (215376)