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Gallirallus

Description

Gallirallus is a genus that contains about a dozen living, and several recently extinct, species of rails that live in the Australasian-Pacific region. The genus is characterised by an ability to colonise relatively small and isolated islands and thereafter to evolve flightless forms, many of which became extinct following Polynesian settlement.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2474519https://www.gbif.org/species/2474519
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)143791https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=143791
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Rallidae : Gallirallus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
genusGallirallusLafresnaye 1841
Scientific NameGallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841
Name Published InRev. Zool. (Soc. Cuv.)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gallirallusgenusbelongs to Rallidaestated without evidenceLambrecht, 1933
Gallirallusgenusbelongs to Rallinaestated without evidenceBrodkorb, 1967
Gallirallusgenusbelongs to Rallidaestated without evidenceWorthy and Grant-Mackie, 2003
Gallirallusgenusbelongs to Rallidaestated with evidenceMeijer et al., 2013
Gallirallusgenusbelongs to Rallinaestated without evidencedel Hoyo et al., 2014
Gallirallusgenusbelongs to Rallidaestated with evidenceClements et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)19
Extant Size (PBDB)8 (42%)
First Recorded Appearance0.78 - 0.13 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)T. H. Worthy and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2003. Late-Pleistocene avifaunas from Cape Wanbrow, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(1):427-485
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallirallus

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Gallirallus australis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Weka130.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Gallirallus calayanensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus dieffenbachii
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Dieffenbach's Rail120.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Gallirallus epulare
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Nuku Hiva Rail10.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Gallirallus ernstmayri
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus gracilitibia
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Ua Huka Rail10.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Gallirallus huiatua
species
listed (PBDB)10.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Gallirallus insignis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus lafresnayanus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
New Caledonian Rail90.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Gallirallus minor
species
listed (PBDB)
Gallirallus modestus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Chatham Islands Rail20.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Gallirallus okinawae
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Okinawa Rail30.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Gallirallus owstoni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus pacificus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus pendiculentus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus philippensis
species
listed (PBDB)Buff-banded Rail350.78 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Gallirallus pisonii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus ripleyi
species
listed (PBDB)Mangaia Rail50.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Gallirallus roletti
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Tahuata Rail30.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Gallirallus rovianae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus sharpei
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus steadmani
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus storrsolsoni
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Gallirallus striatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus sylvestris
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus temptatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus torquatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gallirallus vekamatolu
species
listed (PBDB)Eua Rail30.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Gallirallus wakensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hypotaenidia insignis
species
listed (PBDB)New Britain Rail0 Ma
Extant
Hypotaenidia okinawae
species
listed (PBDB)Okinawa Rail0 Ma
Extant
Hypotaenidia torquata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Barred Rail0 Ma
Extant
Ocydromus minor
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Tricholimnas Sharpe, 1893GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Rallidae : Tricholimnas
Huttonena Mathews, 1929GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Rallidae : Huttonena
Nesolimnas Andrews, 1896GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Rallidae : Nesolimnas
Habropteryx Stresemann, 1932GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Rallidae : Habropteryx
Cabalus Hutton, 1874GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Rallidae : Cabalus
Tricholimnus GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Rallidae : Tricholimnus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1830Ocydromus Wagler
1841Gallirallus Lafresnaye
1853Hypotaenidia Reichenbach
1893Tricholimnas Sharpe
1933Gallirallus Lambrecht p. 472
1967Gallirallus Brodkorb p. 123
YearName and Author
2003Gallirallus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 450
2013Gallirallus Meijer et al. p. 881
2014Gallirallus del Hoyo et al.
2014Hypotaenidia del Hoyo et al.
2017Gallirallus Clements et al.

References

Worthy T. H., Grant-Mackie J. A. (2003) Late-Pleistocene avifaunas from Cape Wanbrow, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33 1, 427-485
Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024
Brodkorb P. (1967) Catalogue of fossil birds: Part 3 (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes), Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 11 3, 99-220
Meijer H. J. M., Sutikna T., et al (2013) Late Pleistocene-Holocene non-passerine avifauna of Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33, 877-894
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
Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Rev. Zool. (Soc. Cuv.) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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