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Taxonomy
Porphyrio paepae was named by Steadman (1988). Its type specimen is BPBM 165649, a set of limb elements (femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hanatekua Shelter 2 site, Hiva Oa, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in French Polynesia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Porphyrio paepae Steadman p. 163 figs. 1-4 |
| 1996 | Porphyrio paepae Steadman and Rolett p. 85 |
| 2014 | Porphyrio paepae del Hoyo et al. |
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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.
†Porphyrio paepae Steadman 1988 [Marquesan swamphen]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||