Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean)
Five new species of recently extinct rails from two Macaronesian archipelagoes (Madeira and Azores) are described. All the species are smaller in size than their presumed ancestor, the European rail Rallus aquaticus. Two species inhabited the Madeira archipelago: (1) Rallus lowei n. sp., the stouter...
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ftmagnoliapress:oai:ojs.mapress.com:article/35767 2023-05-15T17:34:48+02:00 Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean) ALCOVER, JOSEP ANTONI PIEPER, HARALD PEREIRA, FERNANDO RANDO, JUAN CARLOS 2015-12-10 application/pdf https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4057.2.1 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2.1 eng eng Mangolia Press https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4057.2.1/31685 Copyright (c) 2016 Zootaxa Zootaxa; Vol 4057, No 2: 10 Dec. 2015; 151–190 1175-5334 1175-5326 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2 Aves Extinction Macaronesia Quaternary Rallus lowei n. sp. R. adolfocaesaris n. sp. R. carvaoensis n. sp. R. montivagorum n. sp. R. minutus n. sp info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 ftmagnoliapress https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2.1 2019-09-24T15:03:36Z Five new species of recently extinct rails from two Macaronesian archipelagoes (Madeira and Azores) are described. All the species are smaller in size than their presumed ancestor, the European rail Rallus aquaticus. Two species inhabited the Madeira archipelago: (1) Rallus lowei n. sp., the stouter of the species described herein, was a flightless rail with a robust tarsometatarsus and reduced wings that lived on Madeira Island; (2) Rallus adolfocaesaris n. sp., a flightless and more gracile species than its Madeiran counterpart, inhabited Porto Santo. So far, six Azorean islands have been paleontologically explored, and the remains of fossil rails have been found on all of them. Here we formally describe the best-preserved remains from three islands (Pico, São Miguel and São Jorge): (1) Rallus montivagorum n. sp., a rail smaller than R. aquaticus with a somewhat reduced flying capability, inhabited Pico; (2) Rallus carvaoensis n. sp., a small flightless rail with short and stout legs and a bill apparently more curved than in R. aquaticus, was restricted to São Miguel; (3) Rallus minutus n. sp., a very small (approaching Atlantisia rogersi in size) flightless rail with a shortened robust tarsometatarsus, lived in São Jorge. We note also the presence of rail fossils on three other Azorean islands (Terceira, Graciosa and Santa Maria). In addition, we describe an extraordinarily complete fossil of an unnamed Rallus preserved in silica from the locality of Algar do Carvão on Terceira. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Magnolia press Zootaxa 4057 2 151 |
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Aves Extinction Macaronesia Quaternary Rallus lowei n. sp. R. adolfocaesaris n. sp. R. carvaoensis n. sp. R. montivagorum n. sp. R. minutus n. sp ALCOVER, JOSEP ANTONI PIEPER, HARALD PEREIRA, FERNANDO RANDO, JUAN CARLOS Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean) |
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Aves Extinction Macaronesia Quaternary Rallus lowei n. sp. R. adolfocaesaris n. sp. R. carvaoensis n. sp. R. montivagorum n. sp. R. minutus n. sp |
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Five new species of recently extinct rails from two Macaronesian archipelagoes (Madeira and Azores) are described. All the species are smaller in size than their presumed ancestor, the European rail Rallus aquaticus. Two species inhabited the Madeira archipelago: (1) Rallus lowei n. sp., the stouter of the species described herein, was a flightless rail with a robust tarsometatarsus and reduced wings that lived on Madeira Island; (2) Rallus adolfocaesaris n. sp., a flightless and more gracile species than its Madeiran counterpart, inhabited Porto Santo. So far, six Azorean islands have been paleontologically explored, and the remains of fossil rails have been found on all of them. Here we formally describe the best-preserved remains from three islands (Pico, São Miguel and São Jorge): (1) Rallus montivagorum n. sp., a rail smaller than R. aquaticus with a somewhat reduced flying capability, inhabited Pico; (2) Rallus carvaoensis n. sp., a small flightless rail with short and stout legs and a bill apparently more curved than in R. aquaticus, was restricted to São Miguel; (3) Rallus minutus n. sp., a very small (approaching Atlantisia rogersi in size) flightless rail with a shortened robust tarsometatarsus, lived in São Jorge. We note also the presence of rail fossils on three other Azorean islands (Terceira, Graciosa and Santa Maria). In addition, we describe an extraordinarily complete fossil of an unnamed Rallus preserved in silica from the locality of Algar do Carvão on Terceira. |
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ALCOVER, JOSEP ANTONI PIEPER, HARALD PEREIRA, FERNANDO RANDO, JUAN CARLOS |
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ALCOVER, JOSEP ANTONI PIEPER, HARALD PEREIRA, FERNANDO RANDO, JUAN CARLOS |
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Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean) |
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Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean) |
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Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean) |
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Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean) |
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Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean) |
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five new extinct species of rails (aves: gruiformes: rallidae) from the macaronesian islands (north atlantic ocean) |
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Zootaxa; Vol 4057, No 2: 10 Dec. 2015; 151–190 1175-5334 1175-5326 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2 |
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