Aves - Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Synonym: Ortyx Stephens 1819 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Odontophoridae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Eo et al. 2009, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Parmalee 1992, Wetmore 1924, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1962
Sister taxa: Caccabis, Callipepla, Cyrtonyx, Miortyx, Nanortyx, Odontophorus, Oreortyx, Ptilopachinae
Subtaxa: Colinus cristatus Colinus eatoni Colinus hibbardi Colinus suilium Colinus virginianus
Type: Tetrao virginianus
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (28: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)
• Neogene of United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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