Rallus

Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando & Rando, Juan Carlos, 2015, Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean), Zootaxa 4057 (2), pp. 151-190 : 179

Rallus sp. C

Santa Maria rail [ Figure 20 ]

We refer the material from Santa Maria, consisting of ten bones (eight of them in a fragmentary condition) to Rallus sp. They probably belong to an endemic species also, but the available material is insufficient as to establish clearly its specific status.

Age: Probably Holocene-Recent.

Material and collection information: Praia, coll. H. Pieper, 2001 and 2003: MCMa 1816.13, R tbt; MCMa 1817.13, dis L fem. Vinha Velha, coll. SA team, July of 2012 and July of 2013: DBUAF 1080, L hum frag; R-1 [all the “R-” series here refered are provisional numbers of specimens to be curated at the DBUAF], dis L hum; R-2, dis L hum; R-3, sha L hum; R-4, L fem; R-5, prox R tbt; R-6, dis R tbt; R-7, dis R tbt.

Measurements: See Table 1

Figures

FIGURE 20. Material of Rallus sp. C from Santa Maria. A, DBUAF 1080, L humerus (1, caudal view; 2, cranial view). B, R- 1, L humerus (1, caudal view; 2, cranial view). C, R- 3, L humerus (cranial view). D, R- 2, L humerus (1, caudal view; 2, cranial view). E, MCMa 1817.13, L femur (1, cranial view; 2, caudal view). F, R- 4, L femur (1, cranial view; 2, posterior view). G, MCMa 1816.13, R tibiotarsus (1, anterior view; 2, caudal view). H, R- 6, R tibiotarsus (1, cranial view; 2, caudal view). I, R- 5, R tibiotarsus (1, cranial view; 2, caudal view). J, R- 7, R tarsometatarsus (1, dorsal view; 2, plantar view). Scale bar: 2 cm.