Species profile
Rota Rail
Gallirallus temptatus
Quick answer
Holotype. Complete coracoid UF 63302 (Figure 2 B) from the Route 100 archaeological site, Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Paratypes. From the Route 100 site: Rostrum missing both lateral rami UF 63296. Frontalinterorbital portion of cranium UF 63293. Complete vertebrae UF 63301, 63305. Coracoid missing sternal end UF 63292. Scapula missing posterior half UF 63300. Proximal ulna UF 63304. Proximal carpometacarpus UF 63299 (Figure 2 B). Distal tibiotarsus UF 63319. Tarsometatarsus lacking distal trochleae UF 63303. From the Mochong site: Distal femur UF 62964. Proximal tibiotarsus UF 62965. Complete tarsometatarsus UF 62962. Distal tarsometatarsus UF 62963.
- Scientific name
- Gallirallus temptatus
- Family
- Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Genus
- Gallirallus
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