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Gallirallus

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Ocydromus Wagler
1841Gallirallus Lafresnaye
1853Hypotaenidia Reichenbach
1893Tricholimnas Sharpe
1933Gallirallus Lambrecht p. 472
1967Gallirallus Brodkorb p. 123
1977Gallirallus Olson p. 366
1997Gallirallus Worthy p. 104
2003Gallirallus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 450
2013Gallirallus Meijer et al. p. 881
2014Gallirallus del Hoyo et al.
2014Hypotaenidia del Hoyo et al.
2017Gallirallus Clements et al.
2019Hypotaenidia Worthy and Burley

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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
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyRallidaeVigors 1825
genusGallirallusLafresnaye 1841

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. Gallirallus Lafresnaye 1841
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Gallirallus astolfoi Salvador et al. 2021
Gallirallus australis Sparrman 1786 [weka]
Gallirallus dieffenbachii Gray 1843 [Dieffenbach's rail]
Gallirallus epulare Kirchman and Steadman 2007 [Nuku Hiva rail]
Gallirallus gracilitibia Kirchman and Steadman 2007 [Ua Huka rail]
Gallirallus huiatua Steadman et al. 2000
Gallirallus insignis Forbes 1892
Gallirallus lafresnayanus Verreaux and des Murs 1860 [New Caledonian rail]
Gallirallus minor Hamilton 1892
Gallirallus modestus Hutton 1872 [Chatham Islands rail]
Gallirallus okinawae Yamashina and Mano 1981 [Okinawa rail]
Gallirallus owstoni Rothschild 1895 [Guam rail]
Gallirallus philippensis Linnaeus 1766 [buff-banded rail]
Gallirallus philippensis macquariensis Hutton 1879 [Macquarie Island rail]
Gallirallus ripleyi Steadman 1987 [Mangaia rail]
Gallirallus roletti Kirchman and Steadman 2007 [Tahuata rail]
Gallirallus storrsolsoni Kirchman and Steadman 2006
Gallirallus vekamatolu Kirchman and Steadman 2005 [Eua rail]
Invalid names: Hypotaenidia Reichenbach 1853 [synonym], Ocydromus Wagler 1830 [synonym], Tricholimnas Sharpe 1893 [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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.78100 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.126 Ma

Collections (123 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Australia (South Australia) Rallus philippensis (28364)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea G. n. sp., G. philippensis (194696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) G. australis (87806 87810 87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) G. sp. (193376)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan G. okinawae (193442 193445) G. sp. (193440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Otago) G. australis (87789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Tonga G. n. sp. (194699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) G. okinawae (192971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) G. philippensis (136072) Rallus philippensis (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0New Zealand G. australis (182828 182833 182838 182840)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Tonga G. n. sp. (194698 194717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Papua New Guinea G. n. sp. (194697) G. n. sp., G. philippensis (194693 194694)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue G. n. sp. (193850) G. philippensis (193851 193854 193855 193864 193866 193873)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia G. philippensis, Tricholimnas lafresnayanus (13221 193985 193986 193987) Tricholimnas lafresnayanus (23115 193983 193984 193988 193989)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Hypotaenidia philippensis (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands G. sp. (194625 194626 194627 194628 194629 194631 194633 194642 194643 194644 194645)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga G. philippensis (194700 194701 194702 194713 194714 194715 194716 194751 194752 194753 194754 194755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia G. epulare (193471) G. gracilitibia (194746) G. n. sp. (177149 193468 193473 194675) G. sp. (193467 231179)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) G. australis (215385 215388 215392 215395 215403 215411 215412 215418 215421 215611 215614 215617)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Rallus philippensis (138410)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand G. australis (100554 181849 194618 194619 195150 215577) G. dieffenbachii (198102 198103 198117 198194 198195 198196 198198 198199 198202 198217) G. dieffenbachii, G. modestus (194614 198088) G. sp. (175901)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Macquarie Island) G. macquariensis (194606 194607)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) G. sp. (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands G. ripleyi (97455 194747 194762 194763 194764 194765)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) Hypotaenidia philippensis (208862) Hypotaenidia philippensis, Hypotaenidia vavauensis (208864 208865) Hypotaenidia vavauensis (208863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands G. philippensis (209066 209067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island G. Norfolk sp. (194565) G. philippensis (194562 194566 194567)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam G. owstoni (208640)