Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Rallidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1967, Carroll 1988, De Vis 1892, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson 1977, Olson and James 1982, Shufeldt 1891, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Worthy 1997, Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Amaurornis, Aphanocrex, Aramides, Atlantisia, Australlus, Capellirallus, Coturnicops, Crex, Cyanolimnas, Dryolimnas, Eocrex, Erythromachus, Fulicaletornis, Fulicinae, Gallinula, Gallinulinae, Gallirallus, Hapalocrex, Himantornithinae, Hovacrex, Ibidopsis, Laterallus, Latipons, Lewinia, Ludiortyx, Megagallinula, Microtribonyx, Miofulica, Miorallus, Montirallus, Mundia, Nesoclopeus, Nesolimnas, Nesotrochis, Palaeoaramides, Palaeorallus, Paraortygometra, Pardirallus, Parvirallus, Pediorallus, Pleistorallus, Porphyrio, Porzana, Quercyrallus, Rallicrex, Rallina, Rallinae, Rallus, Sarothrurinae, Tribonyx, Vitirallus, Wanshuina, Youngornis, Zapornia
Subtaxa: Fulica alai Fulica americana Fulica ardesiaca Fulica armillata Fulica atra Fulica chathamensis Fulica cornuta Fulica cristata Fulica gigantea Fulica infelix Fulica leucoptera Fulica newtonii Fulica picapicensis Fulica podagrica Fulica prisca Fulica rufifrons Fulica stekelesi
Type: Fulica atra
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), the Bahamas (1), Barbados (1), Chile (2), East Timor (1), Egypt (1), Greece (3), Italy (2), Jordan (1), Madagascar (1), Mauritius (3), Mexico (3), New Zealand (19), Reunion (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (31: California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah)
• Blancan of United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 78 collections including 84 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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