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Vitirallus watlingi (Viti Levu rail)
Taxonomy
Vitirallus watlingi was named by Worthy (2004). Its type specimen is MNZ S37543, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qara-ni-vokai, Viti Levu, which is in a Pleistocene cave claystone in Fiji. It is the type species of Vitirallus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2004 | Vitirallus watlingi Worthy p. 303 figs. 1-3 |
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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.
†Vitirallus watlingi Worthy 2004 [Viti Levu rail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pleistocene | Fiji | Vitirallus watlingi (26129 type locality: 194724) | |
Holocene | Fiji | Vitirallus watlingi (194723) |