Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Parent taxon: Phasianidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Crowe et al. 2006, Mlikovsky 2002 and Wang et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Afropavo, Alectoris, Alectoris pliocaena, Bonasa, Centrocercus, Coturnipes, Coturnix, Dendragapus, Falcipennis, Francolinus, Gallus, Lagopus, Litoripes, Lyrurus, Margaroperdix, Meleagris, Miogallus, Miophasianus, Palaeocryptonyx, Palaeortyx, Pavo, Peliperdix, Percolinus, Perdicinae, Phasianinae, Phasianus, Pirortyx, Pliogallus, Plioperdix, Pternistis, Rollulinae, Schaubortyx, Scleroptila, Synoicus, Tetrao, Tetraogallus, Tetraoninae, Tetrastes, Tympanuchus
Subtaxa: Perdix palaeoperdix Perdix perdix
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection), France (1), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Monaco (1), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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