Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Parent taxon: Phasianidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Lambrecht 1933, Louchart et al. 2008, Olson 1985 and Wang et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Afropavo, Alectoris, Alectoris pliocaena, Bonasa, Centrocercus, Coturnipes, Coturnix, Dendragapus, Falcipennis, Gallus, Lagopus, Litoripes, Lyrurus, Margaroperdix, Meleagris, Miogallus, Miophasianus, Palaeocryptonyx, Palaeortyx, Pavo, Peliperdix, Percolinus, Perdicinae, Perdix, Phasianinae, Phasianus, Pirortyx, Pliogallus, Plioperdix, Pternistis, Rollulinae, Schaubortyx, Scleroptila, Synoicus, Tetrao, Tetraogallus, Tetraoninae, Tetrastes, Tympanuchus
Subtaxa: Francolinus capeki
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Croatia (1), Hungary (2), South Africa (1), Tanzania (2), Turkmenistan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Hungary (3), South Africa (1), Tanzania (8)
• Miocene of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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