Rallus carvaoensis Alcover, Pieper, Pereira & Rando, 2015, new species ...

• Main Authors: Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando, Rando, Juan Carlos
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Gruiformes; Rallidae; Rallus; Rallus carvaoensis; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119622; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6119622

Rallus carvaoensis, new species São Miguel rail [Figures 5, 8 B–E, 9A, 10C, 11C, 12B, 13A, 15C, 16C, 17C] Artistic reconstruction: Figure 23 Holotype: MCMa 1801.013, partial skeleton: man, pmx frag, L scap frag, R scap, LR hum, L uln prox, R uln, R cmc frag, pel frag, L fem, R dis fem, LR tbt, LR tmt, quad, 20 vers 7 ped pha. Measurements of the holotype (right, left, in mm): Humerus—length: 28.5, 28.6; proximal width: 6.2, 6.3; minimum shaft width: 1.9, 1.9; distal width: 4.1, 4.1. Ulna—minimum shaft width: 1.2, 1.3; distal width: 2.4, -. Femur—length: -, 36.0; minimum shaft width: ~2.0, ~2.0; distal width: ~5.0, ~7.0. Tibiotarsus—minimum shaft width: 2.5, 2.5; distal width: 4.6, 4.6. Tarsometatarsus—length: -, 31.7; minimum shaft width: 2.6, 2.5; distal width: -, 5.5. Scapula—length: 25.6, -; proximal width: 3.6, -. Type locality and collection information: Gruta do Carvão, São Miguel; all the material of R. carvaoensis n. sp. was collected in this cave in August 2011 by JCR, MT, and JAA. Paratypes: IMEDEA ... : Published as part of Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando & Rando, Juan Carlos, 2015, Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4057 (2) on pages 162-163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/233597 ...