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Dendragapus

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Dendragapus was named by Elliot (1864). It is extant. Its type is Tetrao obscurus.

It was assigned to Tetraonidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); and to Phasianidae by Elliot (1864), Wang et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Dendragapus Elliot
1891Palaeotetrix Shufeldt p. 819
1902Palaeotetrix Hay p. 534
1930Dendragapus Hay p. 325
1930Palaeotetrix Hay p. 326
1933Palaeotetrix Lambrecht p. 430
1940Dendragapus Wetmore p. 43
1940Palaeotetrix Wetmore p. 44
1956Dendragapus Wetmore p. 52
1956Palaeotetrix Wetmore p. 53
2013Dendragapus Wang et al.
2017Dendragapus Clements et al.

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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()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusDendragapusElliot 1864

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.

G. Dendragapus Elliot 1864
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Dendragapus fuliginosus Ridgway 1873 [sooty grouse]
†Dendragapus gilli Shufeldt 1891
Dendragapus obscurus Say 1823 [dusky grouse]
Invalid names: Palaeotetrix Shufeldt 1891 [synonym]
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: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:53:00
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:53:00
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) D. fuliginosus (74480)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) D. obscurus (152653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) D. obscurus (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Palaeotetrix gillii (93251 176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) D. obscurus (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) D. obscurus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) D. obscurus (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) D. obscurus (194905)