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Porphyrio

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Porphyrula Linnaeus
1758Porphyrula Linné
1760Porphyrio Brisson
1848Notornis Owen
1853Ionornis Reichebach
1890Notornis Zittel p. 846
1892Porphyrio De Vis p. 454
1933Porphyrio Lambrecht p. 475
1933Notornis Lambrecht p. 476
1956Porphyrula Wetmore p. 65
1967Porphyrio Brodkorb p. 126
1967Notornis Brodkorb p. 128
1977Porphyrio Olson p. 365
1977Porphyrio Ripley p. 296
1992Porphyrula Emslie p. 262
1994Porphyrula Morgan p. 467
1997Porphyrio Worthy p. 104
1999Porphyrio (Porphyrula) Reis and Steadman p. 278
2014Porphyrio del Hoyo et al.
2017Porphyrio Clements et al.
2019Porphyrio Worthy and Burley
2020Porphyrio Worthy and Nguyen p. 85

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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
genusPorphyrioBrisson 1760

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. Porphyrio Brisson 1760
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†Porphyrio albus White 1790 [White swamphen]
Porphyrio alleni Thomson 1842 [Allen's gallinule]
†Porphyrio caerulescens Selys Longchamps 1848 [Reunion gallinule]
Porphyrio flavirostris Gmelin 1789 [Azure gallinule]
Porphyrio hochstetteri Meyer 1883 [South Island takahe]
†Porphyrio kukwiedei Balouet and Olson 1989 [New Caledonia gallinule]
†Porphyrio mackintoshi De Vis 1892
†Porphyrio mantelli Owen 1848 [North Island takahe]
Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 [purple gallinule]
Porphyrio martinicus Linnaeus 1766 [purple gallinule]
†Porphyrio mcnabi Kirchman and Steadman 2006
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck 1820 [Australasian swamphen]
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†Porphyrio melanotus nujagura Boles and Mackness 1994
†Porphyrio paepae Steadman 1988 [Marquesan swamphen]
Porphyrio porphyrio Linnaeus 1758 [western swamphen]
†Porphyrio porphyrio nujagura Boles and Backness 1994
Invalid names: Ionornis Reichebach 1853 [synonym], Notornis Owen 1848 [synonym], Porphyrula Linnaeus 1758 [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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) P. porphyrio (182159)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Porphyrula sp. (19753 19764)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Porphyrula sp. (63335)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece P. porphyrio (199939)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) P. martinicus (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porphyrula martinica (154922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porphyrula martinica (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan P. porphyrio (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porphyrula martinica (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea P. n. sp., P. porphyrio (194696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea P. n. sp. (194693 194694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar P. porphyrio (95827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) P. martinicus (194588)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic Porphyrula martinica (194485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Puerto Rico Ionornis martinica (194583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) P. melanotus (208863 208865 208867)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar P. porphyrio (195019)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) P. hochstetteri (215392 215411 215412)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Martinique Porphyrula martinica (194486)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Porphyrula martinica (94616 215286)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island P. sp. (194566)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena Porphyrula alleni (194278)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) P. melanotus (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga P. porphyrio (194700 194751 194752 194753)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Porphyrula martinica (186637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) P. madagascariensis (205190 205193)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue P. samoensis (193851 193852 193853 193854 193857 193858 193859 193866 193873)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Montserrat P. martinicus (194569 194570)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Notornis sp. (175901) P. porphyrio, P. hochstetteri (100554 194618)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia P. mcnabi (194675) P. paepae (177149 193467 193468 193469 193470 193473 193474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands P. porphyrio (209059 209060 209061 209062 209063 209065 209066 209067 209071 209092 209093)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia P. kukwiedei (23115 193985) P. kukwiedei, P. porphyrio (13221) P. melanotus, P. kukwiedei (193986 193987 193988)