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Australlus disneyi

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Gallinula disneyi was named by Boles (2005). Its type specimen is QM F20906, a limb element (proximal humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White Hunter Site, which is in a Chattian terrestrial horizon in the Carl Creek Limestone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Australlus disneyi by Worthy and Boles (2011), Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Gallinula disneyi Boles p. 182 figs. Fig. 2
2011Australlus disneyi Worthy and Boles p. 64
2020Australlus disneyi Worthy and Nguyen p. 85

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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()
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
genusAustrallus
speciesdisneyi()

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.

Australlus disneyi Boles 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. E. Boles 2005Gallinula disneyi is distinguished from other species of the genus by the following suite of humeral characters. It agrees with G. mortierii, and differs from other species, by having the proximal end round rather than elongate proximodistally (in posterior view); it is broader than in G. hodgenorum. The tuberculum ventrale is situated distal to the tuberculum dorsale, and is more pronounced than in G. mortierii. The crista deltopectoralis is short distally; it is more produced anteriorly compared to G. hodgenorum. The crista bicipitalis is short distally, joining the shaft more abruptly; ventrally it is rounder than in G. mortierii and more produced anteriorly than in G. hodgenorum. The condylus lateralis is thinner, not bulbous distally, and does not extend to the lateral margin of the bone (in anterior view). The tuberculum supracondylare is narrow, not round. Compared to that of G. hodgenorum the condylus dorsalis does not extend as far either distally or dorsally, relative to the shaft, and the fossa olecrani is shallower with less sharply defined edges.
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Queensland) Gallinula disneyi (135706)