Niue rail
| Niue rail Temporal range: Late Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gallirallus |
| Species: | †G. huiatua
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gallirallus huiatua Worthy, Anderson & Walter, 2000[1] | |
The Niue rail (Gallirallus huiatua) is an
Rallidae, or rail family
.
History
The rail was described in 2000 from
Trevor Worthy at the Anakuli cave site in Hakupu village, on the island of Niue in West Polynesia. The age range of about 5300 to 3600 year BP for fossil material collected from the site predates human settlement of the island.[1]
Etymology
The specific epithet comes from the Niuean words hui (bones) and atua (of the dead).[1]
See also
References
- ^ S2CID 86588636. Archived from the originalon 2007-05-24.(subscription required)
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