Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Parent taxon: Phasianidae according to C. Bedetti and M. Pavia 2013
See also Alcover 1989, Carroll 1988, Gaillard 1908 and Lambrecht 1933
Sister taxa: Afropavo, Alectoris, Alectoris pliocaena, Bonasa, Centrocercus, Coturnipes, Coturnix, Dendragapus, Falcipennis, Francolinus, Gallus, Lagopus, Litoripes, Lyrurus, Margaroperdix, Meleagris, Miogallus, Miophasianus, Palaeortyx, Pavo, Peliperdix, Percolinus, Perdicinae, Perdix, Phasianinae, Phasianus, Pirortyx, Pliogallus, Plioperdix, Pternistis, Rollulinae, Schaubortyx, Scleroptila, Synoicus, Tetrao, Tetraogallus, Tetraoninae, Tetrastes, Tympanuchus
Subtaxa: Palaeocryptonyx donnezani Palaeocryptonyx grivensis
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), Spain (10)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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