Aves - Galliformes - Tetraonidae
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
Parent taxon: Galliformes according to T. M. Crowe et al. 2006
See also Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007 and Peterson 1999
Sister taxa: Amitabha, Archaealectrornis, Craci, Cracidae, Galli, Gallinuloididae, Megapodiidae, Namaortyx, Numididae, Odontiphorinidae, Odontophoridae, Paraortygidae, Paraortyx, Phasanidae, Phasiani, Phasianidae, Procrax, Quercymegapodiidae, Sobniogallus, Taoperdix
Subtaxa: Palaealectoris Tetrao
Type: Tetrao
Ecology: volant browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (4 collections), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Georgia, New Mexico, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Hungary (2)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence