PaleoDB taxon number: 370653
Synonym: Poliolimnas Sharpe 1893 (taxon 371952)
Parent taxon: Rallidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Aphanapteryx, Aphanocrex, Aramides, Atlantisia, Capellirallus, Coturnicops, Creccoides, Crex, Diaphorapteryx, Dryolimnas, Eocrex, Erythromachus, Fulica, Fulicaletornis, Gallinula, Gallinulinae, Gallirallus, Gypsornis, Hapalocrex, Hovacrex, Ibidopsis, Laterallus, Latipons, Lewinia, Microtribonyx, Miofulica, Miorallus, Mundia, Nesoclopeus, Nesolimnas, Nesotrochis, Palaeoaramides, Palaeocrex, Palaeolimnas, Palaeorallus, Paraortygometra, Pararallus, Pardirallus, Parvirallus, Pleistorallus, Porphyrio, Porzana, Rallicrex, Rallina, Rallinae, Rallus, Thiornis, Tribonyx, Vitirallus, Wanshuina, Youngornis, Zapornia
Subtaxa: Amaurornis cinerea, Amaurornis olivacea, Amaurornis phoenicurus