Species profile
Gallirallus pisonii
Gallirallus pisonii
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Holotype. Complete coracoid UF 62934 (Figure 2 A) from the Pisonia Rockshelter archaeological site, Aguiguan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Paratypes. Rostrum anterior to nares UF 62918. Incomplete mandibles UF 62912 – 62914, 62926, 62946, 62947. Complete quadrates UF 62888, 62889, 62941. Complete and partial vertebrae UF 62880, 62890, 62919 (lot of 10), 62933, 62943, 62955. Incomplete sterni UF 62892 / 62893 (Figure 3 A, two pieces glued together), 62922. Humeral and sternal ends of coracoids UF 62881, 62884, 62910, 62911, 62931, 62939, 62940. Anterior scapulae UF 62878, 62915, 62916. Incomplete humeri UF 62887, 62902, 62903. Distal ulna UF 62925. Distal radius UF 62953. Incomplete carpometacarpi UF 62882, 62883, 62917 (Figure 2 A), 62923, 62924. Complete phalanx 1 of digitalis majoris UF 62938. Incomplete synsacrum UF 62948. Femoral shaft UF 62875. Proximal and distal tibiotarsi UF 62876, 62894 – 62901, 62927, 62937, 62944. Proximal fibulae UF 62932, 62942, 62954. Proximal and distal tarsometatarsi UF 62877, 62879, 62904 – 62909, 62928, 62929, 62949 – 62952. Pedal phalanges UF 62870 – 62873, 62874 (lot of nine), 62855, 62886 (lot of six), 62891 (lot of 48), 62920, 62921 (lot of 13), 62930 (lot of nine), 62935, 62936 (lot of 22), 62945 (lot of 24), 62956.
- Scientific name
- Gallirallus pisonii
- Family
- Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Genus
- Gallirallus
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