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Porphyrio martinicus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)368517https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=368517
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Rallidae : Porphyrio : Porphyrio martinicus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
-Neognathae
-NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
-TerrestrornithesLivezey and Zusi 2007
-Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
familyRallidaeVigors 1825
genusPorphyrioBrisson 1760
speciesPorphyrio martinicus
Common Namepurple gallinule
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Porphyrio martinicusspeciesbelongs to Porphyriostated without evidencedel Hoyo et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance0.30 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. F. Clements, T. S. Schulenberg, and M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1766Fulica martinica Linnaeus p. 259
1938Ionornis martinica Wetmore p. 54
1959Porphyrula martinica Brodkorb
1965Porphyrula martinica Bernstein p. 272
1999Porphyrio (Porphyrula) martinicus Reis and Steadman p. 278
2014Porphyrio martinicus del Hoyo et al.
2017Porphyrio martinica Clements et al.
2018Porphyrio martinicus Oswald and Steadman p. 366

References

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
Wetmore A. (1938) Bird remains from the West Indies, The Auk 55, 51-55
Brodkorb P. (1959) The Pleistocene avifauna of Arredondo, Florida, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 4 9, 269-291
Bernstein L. (1965) Fossil birds from the Dominican Republic, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 28, 271-284
Reis K. R., Steadman D. W. (1999) Archaeology of Trants, Montserrat. Part 5. Prehistoric avifauna, Annals of Carnegie Museum 68, 275-287
del Hoyo J., Collar N. J., et al (2014) HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines, 1-904
Oswald J. A., Steadman D. W. (2018) The late Quaternary bird community of New Providence, Bahamas, The Auk 135, 359-377
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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