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Telmatornis priscus Marsh 



Tchnatornis priscus Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 49, March 1870, 

 p. 210. 



Paleocene (Hornerstown marl) : Hornerstown, New Jersey. 



Telmatornis rex Shufeldt 



Telmatornis rex Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, Feb- 

 ruary 1915, p. 27, pi. 13, fig. lOI. 



Paleocene (Hornerstown marl) : Hornerstown, New Jersey. 



Genus PALAEORALLUS Wetmore 



Palacorallus Wetmore, Condor, vol. 2>i> No. 3, May 15, 1931, p. 108. Type, 

 by original designation, Palacorallus troxclli Wetmore. 



Palacorallus troxelli Wetmore 



Palacorallus troxclli Wetmore, Condor, vol. 2i2>, No. 3, Alay 15, 1931, p. 108, 

 figs. 26-29. 



Lower Eocene (Wasatch formation) : Northwest of Little Tatman 

 Mountain, near Btirlington, Wyoming. 



Genus CRECCOIDES Shufeldt 



Crcccoides Shufeldt, Proc. Amer. Pliilos. Soc, vol. 30, Apr. 14, 1892, p. 125. 

 Type, by monotypy, Creccoidcs osbornii Shufeldt. 



Creccoides osbornii Shufeldt 



Creccoides osbornii Shufeldt, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 30, Apr. 14, 

 1892, p. 125. 



Pliocene (Blanco fauna) : Blanco Canyon, Crosby County, Texas. 



Genus EPIRALLUS Miller 



Epirallus L. H. Miller, Univ. California Publ. Z06I., vol. 47, Mar. 6, 1942, 

 p. 43. Type, by monotypy, Epirallus natator Miller. 



Epirallus natator Miller 



Epirallus natator L. H. AIiller, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 43, Mar. 6, 

 1942, p. 43, fig. I a. 



Pleistocene: San Josecito Cave, Aramberri, Nuevo Leon. 



Genus RALLUS Linnaeus 



Rallus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., cd. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 153. Type, by subsequent 

 designation, Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus (Fleming, 1821). 



Rallus elegans Audubon : King Rail 

 Rallus elegans Audubon, Birds Amer. (folio), vol. 3, 1834, pi. 203. 



