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Gallus (junglefowl)
Taxonomy
Gallus was named by Brisson (1766). It is extant.
It was assigned to Aves by Norell and Clarke (2001); to Ornithuromorpha by Wang et al. (2014); and to Phasianidae by Lambrecht (1933), Mlikovsky (2002), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Wang et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Burley (2019).
It was assigned to Aves by Norell and Clarke (2001); to Ornithuromorpha by Wang et al. (2014); and to Phasianidae by Lambrecht (1933), Mlikovsky (2002), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Wang et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Burley (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1766 | Gallus Brisson |
| 1933 | Gallus Lambrecht p. 443 |
| 2001 | Gallus Norell and Clarke p. 183 |
| 2002 | Gallus Mlikovsky p. 164 |
| 2007 | Gallus Livezey and Zusi p. 25 |
| 2013 | Gallus Wang et al. |
| 2014 | Gallus Wang et al. |
| 2017 | Gallus Clements et al. |
| 2019 | Gallus Worthy and Burley |
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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. Gallus Brisson 1766 [junglefowl]
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†Gallus beremendensis Jánossy 1976
†Gallus bravardi Gervais 1852
†Gallus europaeus Harrison 1978
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 [chicken]
†Gallus moldovicus Burčak-Abramovič and Ganea 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available