Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Synonym: Palaeoperdix Milne-Edwards 1871
Parent taxon: Phasianidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Baird 1992, Crowe et al. 2006, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Wang et al. 2013 and Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003
Sister taxa: Afropavo, Alectoris, Alectoris pliocaena, Bonasa, Centrocercus, Coturnipes, Dendragapus, Falcipennis, Francolinus, Gallus, Lagopus, Litoripes, Lyrurus, 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: Coturnix alabrevis Coturnix centensis Coturnix coturnix Coturnix gomerae Coturnix japonica Coturnix lignorum Coturnix longipes Coturnix novaezelandiae Coturnix pectoralis Palaeoperdix keltica Palaeoperdix sansaniensis
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (7 collections), Cape Verde (1), France (2), Greece (2), Hungary (2), Italy (8), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Madagascar (1), Monaco (1), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (26), Portugal (8), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (10), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Italy (4)
Total: 80 collections including 81 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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