Gallinago Brisson, 1760

Steadman, David W. & Takano, Oona M., 2016, A new extinct species of Snipe (Aves: Scolopacidae: Gallinago) from the West Indies, Zootaxa 4109 (3), pp. 345-358 : 348

Genus Gallinago Brisson, 1760

The fossils are referred to Gallinago rather than Scolopax (the other genus of Scolopacidae likely to occur in noncultural prehistoric deposits in the West Indies) because of these characters, taken in part from Takano and Steadman (2015) and Olson (1976): coracoid —processus procoracoideus joins corpus coracoideus more abruptly; humerus —corpus humeri more slender; fossa pneumotricipitalis dorsalis deeper; distal end less expanded dorsoventrally; processus supracondylaris dorsalis better developed dorsally and proximally; fossa musculi brachialis more concave; ulna —olecranon shorter; carpometacarpus —notch on caudal side of the dorsal rim of trochlea carpalis shallower; tibiotarsus —crista cnemialis lateralis more expanded proximally; tarsometatarsus —more slender overall; cotyla medialis more concave in dorsal (acrotarsial) aspect; sulcus extensorius less concave.