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Porzana

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Porzana Vieillot
1956Porzana Wetmore p. 64
1967Porzana Brodkorb p. 121
1975Porzana Olson p. 25
1977Porzana Olson p. 356
1982Porzana Olson and James p. 35
1991Porzana Olson and James p. 49
1994Porzana Morgan p. 467
2002Porzana Mlikovsky p. 177
2013Porzana Meijer et al. p. 883
2014Porzana del Hoyo et al.
2017Porzana Clements et al.

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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

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. Porzana Vieillot 1816
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Porzana albicollis Vieillot 1819 [Ash-throated crake]
†Porzana astrictocarpus Olson 1973 [Saint Helena crake]
Porzana carolina Linnaeus 1758 [sora]
†Porzana estramosi Jánossy 1979
Porzana fasciata Sclater and Salvin 1868 [Black-banded crake]
Porzana fluminea Gould 1843 [Australian crake]
†Porzana keplerorum Olson and James 1991
†Porzana menehune Olson and James 1991
†Porzana piercei Olson and Wingate 2000 [lesser Bermuda crake]
Porzana porzana Linnaeus 1766 [spotted crake]
†Porzana ralphorum Olson and James 1991
†Porzana rua Steadman 1987 [Mangaia crake]
†Porzana severnsi Olson and James 1991
Porzana spiloptera Durnford 1877 [Dot-winged crake]
†Porzana ziegleri Olson and James 1991
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 MN 6 to the top of the Holocene or 13.65000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.1 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) P. estramosi (167497)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (182159)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) P. carolina (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) P. porzana (125089)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) P. sp. (34870)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) P. carolina (152653)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) P. porzana (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda P. piercei (194465)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) P. carolina (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) P. carolina (20398 20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) P. fluminea (136072 181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) P. porzana (192957 192959)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. carolina (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. carolina (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) P. carolina (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. carolina (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain P. porzana (194940 194944 197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. carolina (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) P. sp. (193382 193383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru P. carolina (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) P. ziegleri, P. ralphorum (89311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands P. carolina (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) P. carolina (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) P. carolina (194588 194590)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic P. carolina (194485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) P. porzana (215376)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena P. astrictocarpus (176072 176075 176077)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia P. sp. (194746)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam P. n. sp. (208640 208642)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) P. keplerorum, P. severnsi (176476) P. menehune (110074) P. sandwichensis (176473) P. sp. (110076 176481 176482)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands P. rua (97455 194747 194748 194749 194750 194763 194764 194765)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic P. carolina (194484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands P. sp. (194625 194626 194627 194628 194629 194632 194633 194634 194639 194640 194641 194642 194643 194644 194645 194648 194649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) P. sp. (215325)