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Palaeoaramides

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Taxonomy

Palaeoaramides was named by Lambrecht (1933). Its type is Rallus christyi.

It was assigned to Rallinae by Brodkorb (1967); and to Rallidae by Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1977), Carroll (1988) and Mlikovsky (2002).

Species

P. beaumontii (syn. Rallus dispar), P. christyi (syn. Rallus eximius), P. lungi, P. minutus, Pararallus hassenkampi

Synonyms

Pararallus was named by Lambrecht (1933). Its type is Rallus dispar.

It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeoaramides by Mlikovsky (2002).

It was assigned to Rallinae by Brodkorb (1967); and to Rallidae by Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1977) and Carroll (1988).
Tertiariaporphyrula was named by Kurochkin and Ganea (1972).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeoaramides by Mlikovsky (2002).

It was assigned to Gallinulinae by Kurochkin and Ganea (1972).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Palaeoaramides Lambrecht p. 462
1933	Pararallus Lambrecht p. 466
1967	Palaeoaramides Brodkorb p. 119
1967	Pararallus Brodkorb p. 119
1972	Tertiariaporphyrula Kurochkin and Ganea p. 66
1977	Palaeoaramides Olson p. 345
1977	Pararallus Olson p. 347
1988	Palaeoaramides Carroll
1988	Pararallus Carroll
2002	Palaeoaramides Mlikovsky p. 175

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Telmatorae
superorder	Charadriimorphae	Huxley 1867
order	Gruiformes	Bonaparte 1854
family	Rallidae	Vigors 1825
genus	Palaeoaramides

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. †Palaeoaramides Lambrecht 1933

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†Palaeoaramides beaumontii Milne-Edwards 1869

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Invalid names: Rallus dispar Milne-Edwards 1871 [synonym]

†Palaeoaramides christyi Milne-Edwards 1871

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Invalid names: Rallus eximius Milne-Edwards 1869 [synonym]

†Palaeoaramides lungi Kurochkin and Ganea 1972

†Palaeoaramides minutus Cracraft 1973

Invalid names: Pararallus Lambrecht 1933 [synonym], Tertiariaporphyrula Kurochkin and Ganea 1972 [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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Collections

No collection or age range data are available