Nesotrochis
| Nesotrochis Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Holocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | †Nesotrochis Wetmore, 1918 |
| Species | |
Nesotrochis is a genus of extinct flightless rails in the family Rallidae.[1] Its species are considered examples of insular gigantism.[1] This genus, only known empirically from subfossil remains, contains the following species, which are collectively known as West Indian cave-rails:
- Antillean cave rail, Nesotrochis debooyi (Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, West Indies) - may have survived until historic times
- Haitian cave-rail, Nesotrochis steganinos (Haiti, West Indies) - prehistoric
- Cuban cave-rail, Nesotrochis picapicensis (Cuba, West Indies) - prehistoric
References
- 1 2 Livezey, Bradley C. (22 October 1997). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae)" (PDF). The Royal Society.
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