Ua Huka rail
| Ua Huka rail Temporal range: Late Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gallirallus |
| Species: | †G. gracilitibia
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gallirallus gracilitibia | |
The Ua Huka rail (Gallirallus gracilitibia) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family.
History[]
It was described in 2007 from subfossil remains collected in 1965 by anthropologist Yosihiko H. Sinoto and colleagues at the Hane Dune archaeological site, on the island of Ua Huka in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. The site dates to about 1350 yr BP, from the early period of human settlement of the island.[1]
Etymology[]
The specific epithet comes from the Latin gracilis (slender) and tibia (shinbone), referring to a diagnostic character of the material from which the species was described.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Kirchman, Jeremy J. & Steadman, David. (2007). "New species of extinct rails (Aves: Rallidae) from archaeological sites in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia". Pacific Science. 61 (1): 145–163. doi:10.1353/psc.2007.0008. hdl:10125/22605. Archived from the original on 2014-06-11.(subscription required)
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- Extinct birds of Oceania
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