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Post by sebbe67 on Mar 15, 2006 16:47:28 GMT
Olson (1981) reported finding fossils of an undescribed, extinct flightless rail on the main island. He briefly added that the species did not closely resemble any rail from the mainland of Brazil. Fernando de Noronha is a group of Islands laying of the north-eatern coast of Brazil www.ecology.info |
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Post by dysmorodrepanis on Aug 18, 2006 0:45:04 GMT
Olson, S. L. (1981): Natural history of vertebrates on the Brazilian islands of the mid South Atlantic. Natl. Geogr. Soc. Res. Rep. 13: 481-492.
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Post by another specialist on Jul 30, 2007 5:32:08 GMT
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Post by Melanie on Sept 12, 2014 21:35:02 GMT
Olson, S. L. (1981): Natural history of vertebrates on the Brazilian islands of the mid South Atlantic. Natl. Geogr. Soc. Res. Rep. 13: 481-492. I wonder that Olson still hasitate to describe this taxon. Remains of a new species of rail (Rallidae) were also found, bringing the total known land-bird fauna to four species. Most of the elements ofthe skele- ton, from several different individuals, are represented. This was a medium- size rail with the wings reduced, but to a lesser extent than in many flightless species. It does not appear to be particularly close morphologically to any of the species of rails from mainland Brazil. I have briefly alluded to this form elsewhere (Olson, 1977b), but it has yet to be formally described |
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Post by RSN on Sept 13, 2014 2:42:53 GMT
Olson, S. L. (1981): Natural history of vertebrates on the Brazilian islands of the mid South Atlantic. Natl. Geogr. Soc. Res. Rep. 13: 481-492. Does someone can send me this paper? |
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Post by Melanie on Sept 13, 2014 8:00:15 GMT
Olson, S. L. (1981): Natural history of vertebrates on the Brazilian islands of the mid South Atlantic. Natl. Geogr. Soc. Res. Rep. 13: 481-492. Does someone can send me this paper? This paper is online repository.si.edu/handle/10088/12766 |
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Post by RSN on Sept 18, 2014 4:16:05 GMT
Thanks Melanie!
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Post by Melanie on Sept 22, 2014 16:54:00 GMT
Today I've got a reply to my request to Dr. Olson about the Fernando de Noronha rail
Storrs Olson (pers. comment by email)
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Post by surroundx on Sept 26, 2014 12:24:26 GMT
Melanie, did he state whether the species has been collected from elsewhere in the archipelago?
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Post by Melanie on Sept 26, 2014 12:37:59 GMT
Melanie, did he state whether the species has been collected from elsewhere in the archipelago? No. The above cited comment is all what he stated. |
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Post by surroundx on Sept 29, 2018 3:43:01 GMT
I wonder when this species will be described?
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Post by Melanie on Sept 29, 2018 7:31:22 GMT
I wonder when this species will be described? Good question. I don't think that Olsen will get old enough to describe this species. Maybe one of his younger colleagues will do this. Olsen's last comment to that topic was four years ago (see some posts above this one). |
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