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Tetraonidae (grouse)

Reptilia - Tetraonidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetraonidae Linnaeus
1902Tetraonidae Hay p. 534
1930Tetraonidae Hay p. 325
1933Tetraonidae Lambrecht p. 430
1940Tetraonidae Wetmore p. 43
1956Tetraonidae Wetmore p. 52
1999Tetraoninae Peterson
2006Tetraonidae Crowe et al.
2007Tetraoninae Livezey and Zusi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
PygostyliaChiappe 2002
Ornithothoraces
OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
superfamilyGalloidae
familyTetraonidae
familyTetraonidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Tetraonidae Linnaeus 1758 [grouse]
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G. †Palaealectoris Wetmore 1930
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Palaealectoris incertus Wetmore 1930
G. Pediocaetes Baird 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:23:40
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:23:40
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Harrisonian to the top of the Holocene or 24.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.43 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Nebraska) Palaealectoris incertus (17741)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tetraonidae indet. (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Tetraonidae indet. (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Tetraonidae indet. (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Pediocetes phasianellus (104034 104035)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Tetraonidae indet. (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Tetraonidae indet. (209130 209134 209159 209161 209162 209164)