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Rallus aquaticus (water rail)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Rallus aquaticus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Rallus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus p. 153
1930Rallus aquaticus Hay p. 334
1967Rallus aquaticus Brodkorb p. 132
2002Rallus aquaticus Mlikovsky p. 178
2017Rallus aquaticus Clements et al.
2018Rallus aquaticus Michailidis et al. p. 87 fig. 2M

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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
genusRallusLinnaeus 1758
speciesaquaticus

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.

Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 [water rail]
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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, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) Rallus aquaticus (213667)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Roma) Rallus aquaticus (44090)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Rallus aquaticus (197786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Rallus aquaticus (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Rallus aquaticus (187637 199937)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Rallus aquaticus (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan Rallus aquaticus (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Rallus aquaticus (199944)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Rallus aquaticus (215376)