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Fulica newtonii (Mascarene coot)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy
Fulica newtonii was named by Milne-Edwards (1867). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mare aux Songes swamp (Clark collection), which is in a Holocene mire/swamp peat in Mauritius.

It was recombined as Palaeolimnas newtoni by Brodkorb (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Fulica newtonii Milne-Edwards p. 215 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-15
1893Fulica newtoni Newton and Gadow p. 292 figs. Pl 35, figs 1-11
1933Fulica newtoni Lambrecht p. 481
1967Palaeolimnas newtoni Brodkorb p. 130
1977Fulica newtonii Olson p. 363
1994Fulica newtonii Cowles p. 92
1999Fulica newtonii Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 24 figs. 13i-m
2014Fulica newtonii del Hoyo et al.

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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
genusFulica
speciesnewtonii

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.

†Fulica newtonii Milne-Edwards 1867 [Mascarene coot]
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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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Fulica newtoni (194025 194169) Fulica newtonii (type locality: 194024)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Fulica newtonii (193992 193994 193996)