Pleistorallus
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pleistorallus-298-10642464
title:
Pleistorallus
text:
Pleistorallus flemingi, also referred to as Fleming's rail, is a genus and species of extinct bird in the rail family from the Middle Pleistocene of New Zealand. It was a large and stout rail about the same size as the extant takahē. It was described by Trevor Worthy in 1997 from fossil material found in coastal deposits near Marton, in the Rangitikei District of the North Island. The genus name Pleistorallus refers to the Pleistocene age of the fossils; the specific epithet honours Charles Fle
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of birds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistorallus
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date modified:
2024-01-02T15:28:45Z
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