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Post by Melanie on May 11, 2005 16:14:40 GMT
Mascarene Coot Fulica newtoni is known from numerous travelers' reports and bones from Réunion (to France), and also probably occurred on Mauritius from where there were reports of poule d'eau, the contemporary name used for the birds on Réunion.
Birds were last reported on Réunion (by Dubois) in 1672, and on Mauritius (by Leguat) in 1693, and were presumably hunted to extinction despite the fact that they were “not good to eat”.
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Post by another specialist on Jun 7, 2005 11:59:35 GMT
Fulica newtonii
Milne-Edwards 1867
Quaternary of Mauritius, w Mascarene Islands, wc Indian Ocean
Primary materials: Syntypes: Pelvis, tarsometatarsus, tibiotarsus
Secondary materials: Other: bones of at least 24 individuals amongst which femur, sternum, humerus, cervical vertebrae, premaxilla, ulna
Storrs L. Olson,
A synopsis on the fossil Rallidae
In Rails of the world: A monograph of the family Rallidae by S.D. Ripley, Codline, Boston (1977): 509-525
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Post by another specialist on Jun 8, 2005 10:01:47 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Nov 2, 2005 15:03:21 GMT
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Post by sebbe67 on Mar 5, 2006 15:52:04 GMT
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Post by sebbe67 on Jun 10, 2006 10:26:31 GMT
cryptodude1
Does anyone know how tall Fulica newtoni is or how much it weigh?I cannot find any measurements on the bird
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Melanie
Dubois described this species as large a chicken (E. Fuller "Extinct birds).
dysmorodrepanis
Vertebrae are known, which should give an accurate comparison with other species of coot (neither sternum or leg or wing bones are usefull for this since their proportions have changed due to flightlessness). But not even Hachisuka gives measurements. I'd guess that the species was a bit larger than the European and American coots.
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Post by Carlos on Jul 5, 2006 17:42:41 GMT
In: Mourer-Chauviré, C. et al. Recent avian extinctions on Réunion (Mascarene Islands) from paleontological and historical sources. Bull B.O.C. 2006 126A
Fulica newtonii Milne-Edwards, 1867, Newton coot
A large, extinct species of coot was described by Milne-Edwards from remains found at the Mare aux Songes, Mauritius. The remains found on Réunion do not differ. This form is related to extant Fulica cristata, Red-knobbed Coot, which is principally found in Africa and Madagascar, but is slightly larger. The proportions of the bones indicate some reduction in flying ability. Many authors have reported the presence of water hens, but the most detailed description is given by Dubois: 'Water hens, which are as big as hens. They are completely black and have a big white crest on the head' (Barré & Barau 1982, our translation).
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Post by another specialist on Jul 24, 2007 5:19:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2007 22:05:21 GMT
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Post by another specialist on May 12, 2008 6:20:45 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jul 21, 2008 6:56:27 GMT
 Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction (1907) |
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Post by Melanie on Jul 3, 2019 0:51:25 GMT
Systematics, morphology and ecology of rails (Aves: Rallidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with one new species JULIAN PENDER HUME Abstract Five species in five genera of extinct endemic rails have been described from the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues: the Mauritian Red Rail or Poule Rouge Aphanapteryx bonasia; Mascarene Coot or Poule d’eau Fulica newtonii; which occurred on Mauritius and Réunion; Réunion Wood Rail Dryolimnas augusti; Réunion Gallinule or Oiseaux bleu ‘Porphyrio caerulescens’; and Rodrigues or Leguat’s Rail Erythromachus leguati. All are known from fossil remains and/or from contemporary accounts and illustrations. A sixth species of rail Dryolimnas sp. nov. is described herein from fossils from Mauritius, but was not unequivocally previously reported in the contemporary literature. This paper provides an analysis of the Rallidae of the Mascarene Islands based on existing and newly discovered fossil remains, and details historical reports and accounts. Comprehensive osteological descriptions and synonymies are also included. Their ecology and extinction chronologies are interpreted from historical evidence. The relationships of Aphanapteryx and Erythromachus are unresolved, having clearly been isolated for a considerable time; the middle Miocene is the earliest their ancestors could have arrived on the Mascarenes, but this may have happened more recently. Mascarene derivatives of Fulica, Porphyrio and Dryolimnas are of much more recent origin, and appear to have originated in Africa or Madagascar. All terrestrial rails on Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues, were probable victims of cat predation following their historic introduction to the islands, whereas over-hunting by humans was probably the primary cause of extinction of ‘Porphyrio caerulescens’ on Réunion. The only extant rail on the Mascarenes today, the Madagascar race of Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus pyrrhorrhoa, is a recent arrival, having colonised Mauritius and Réunion after the extinction of Fulica newtonii. Keywords Aves, Mascarene rails, Rallidae, Aphanapteryx, Erythromachus, Dryolimnas, Porphyrio, Gallinula, Leguatia, extinction, affinities, ecology, sexual dimorphism mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4626.1.1 |
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