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Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Meleagris gallopavo was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Meleagris.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. progenes

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus p. 156
1902Meleagris gallopavo Hay p. 534
1917Ardea sellardsi Shufeldt
1930Ardea sellardsi Hay p. 295
1930Meleagris gallopavo Hay p. 329
1931Meleagris gallopavo Wetmore p. 32
1935Meleagris gallopavo Schultz and Howard p. 277
1940Meleagris gallopavo Wetmore p. 47
1956Meleagris gallopavo Wetmore p. 57
1962Meleagris gallopavo Wetmore p. 9
1967Meleagris gallopavo Wilson p. 206
1992Meleagris gallopavo Parmalee p. 312
1998Meleagris gallopavo Worthy p. 123
2016Meleagris gallopavo Kilmer and Steadman p. 12 figs. 9, 10
2017Meleagris gallopavo 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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—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
genusMeleagris
speciesgallopavo

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.

Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 [wild turkey]
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Invalid names: Ardea sellardsi Shufeldt 1917 [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: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Meleagris gallopavo (227368)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (Texas) Meleagris gallopavo (93258)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Meleagris gallopavo (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Meleagris gallopavo (20302)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Meleagris gallopavo (195048 195049)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Meleagris gallopavo (20398 20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Meleagris gallopavo (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Meleagris gallopavo (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Meleagris gallopavo (82258 103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Meleagris gallopavo (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Meleagris gallopavo (20571 20573 20581 20616 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Meleagris gallopavo (152904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Meleagris gallopavo (71670 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Meleagris gallopavo (13066 84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Meleagris gallopavo (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Meleagris gallopavo (20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ardea sellardsi, Meleagris gallopavo (34269) Meleagris gallopavo (20638 74292 154773 154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Meleagris gallopavo (63150 200625)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Meleagris gallopavo (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Meleagris gallopavo (74471)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Meleagris gallopavo (104672)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Meleagris gallopavo (195062 195065 195066 195067 195069)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Meleagris gallopavo (100554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Massachusetts) Meleagris gallopavo (122440 176525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Meleagris gallopavo (104675 104707)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Meleagris gallopavo (122303)