After American ornithologist Alexander Wetmore described bones of the large Saint Helena rail (Aphanocrex podarces) from Prosperous Bay, Saint Helena, in 1963, American paleontologist Storrs Olson found almost complete skeletons of the Saint Helena crake in the same region in 1973.
In 1963, American ornithologist Alexander Wetmore identified bones of the large Saint Helena rail (Aphanocrex podarces) from Prosperous Bay, Saint Helena. In 1973, American paleontologist Storrs Olson found nearly complete skeletons of the Saint Helena crake in the same region.