Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Alternative combination: Tetrao tetrix
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Lyrurus according to L. Carrera et al. 2018
See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak 1998, Carrera et al. 2018, Clements et al. 2017, Crowe et al. 2006, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Linnaeus 1758, Mlikovsky 2002, Rudenko 1960 and Zelenkov et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Lyrurus partium
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Finland (4 collections), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Monaco (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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