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Porzana carolina (sora)

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Rallus carolinus Linnaeus p. 153
1956Porzana carolina Wetmore p. 64
1965Porzana carolina Bernstein p. 272
1982Porzana carolina Olson and Hilgartner p. 31
1990Porzana carolina Olson et al.
1994Porzana carolina Morgan p. 480
2014Porzana carolina del Hoyo et al.
2017Porzana carolina Clements et al.
2018Porzana carolina Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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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
genusPorzanaVieillot 1816
speciescarolina()

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.

Porzana carolina Linnaeus 1758 [sora]
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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: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Porzana carolina (20384)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Porzana carolina (152653)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Porzana carolina (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Porzana carolina (20398 20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porzana carolina (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porzana carolina (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Porzana carolina (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Porzana carolina (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Porzana carolina (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Porzana carolina (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Porzana carolina (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic Porzana carolina (194485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Porzana carolina (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Porzana carolina (194588 194590)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Porzana carolina (194484)