Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Parent taxon: Phasianidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1967, Crowe et al. 2006 and Wang et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Afropavo, Agriocharis, Archaeophasianus, Bonasa, Centrocercus, Coturnix, Dendragapus, Falcipennis, Filholornis, Francolinus, Gallus, Lagopus, Litoripes, Lyrurus, Margaroperdix, Meleagris, Miogallus, Miophasianus, Palaeocryptonyx, Palaeortyx, Parapavo, Pavo, Peliperdix, Perdicinae, Perdix, Phasianinae, Phasianus, Pliogallus, Plioperdix, Pternistis, Schaubortyx, Scleroptila, Synoicus, Tetraogallus, Tetraoninae, Tetrastes, Tympanuchus
Subtaxa: Alectoris bavarica Alectoris chukar Alectoris graeca Alectoris rufa
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (4), Italy (5), Monaco (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (2)
• Pliocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 21 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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