Rallus lowei

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Measurements of paratypes (following the order of the specimens listed above): Tarsometatarsus: length 36.4, 33.2, 33.9, 33.3, 32.4 mm; proximal width 6.9, 6.1, 6.4, 6.3, 6.4 mm; minimum shaft width 3.8, 3.4, 3.4, 3.0, 3.2 mm; distal width 7.3, 6.8, 6.6, 6.6, 6.6 mm. Tibiotarsus: length 54.0 mm; medial length 53.2 mm, proximal width 6.7 mm; minimum shaft width 2.9 mm; distal width 5.5 mm. Femur: length -, 37.8, 38.3 mm; proximal width -, 6.65, 6.7 mm; diaphysis width 2.9, 2.8, 2.9 mm; distal width 7.0, 7.1, 6.8 mm. Humerus: length -, minimum shaft width 2.0 mm. Ulna: length 22.6, 23.3, - mm; proximal width 3.3, 3.1, - mm; proximal diameter 2.86, -, -; minimum shaft width 1.4, 1.6, 1.6 mm; distal width 2.9, 2.8, 2.6 mm. Synsacrum: length c. 36.3; vertebral length 30.3; antitrochanterian width c. 17.7 mm. Age: Undetermined Late Quaternary (Late Pleistocene to Late Holocene) age. Material of an undescribed species of quail (Coturnix) from “ Ribeira Groh ” (KIA- 47430) rendered a 14 C age of 2755 ± 55 BP (1021 - 806 cal BC) (Rando et al. 2014).