Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Parent taxon: Phasianidae according to L. Carrera et al. 2018
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Afropavo, Alectoris, Alectoris pliocaena, Bonasa, Centrocercus, Coturnipes, Coturnix, Dendragapus, Falcipennis, Francolinus, Gallus, Lagopus, Litoripes, Margaroperdix, Meleagris, Miogallus, Miophasianus, Palaeocryptonyx, Palaeortyx, Pavo, Peliperdix, Percolinus, Perdicinae, Perdix, Phasianinae, Phasianus, Pirortyx, Pliogallus, Plioperdix, Pternistis, Rollulinae, Schaubortyx, Scleroptila, Synoicus, Tetrao, Tetraogallus, Tetraoninae, Tetrastes, Tympanuchus
Subtaxa: Lyrurus partium Lyrurus tetrix
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Finland (4 collections), Hungary (6), Italy (8), Monaco (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3)
• Villafranchian of Hungary (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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