Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Synonym: Chauvireria Boev 1997
Parent taxon: Phasianidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1967, Crowe et al. 2006, Mlikovsky 2002 and Wang et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Afropavo, Alectoris pliocaena, Bonasa, Centrocercus, Coturnipes, Coturnix, 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: Alectoris baryosefi Alectoris bavarica Alectoris chukar Alectoris edwardsi Alectoris graeca Alectoris prisca Alectoris rufa Chauvireria balcanica
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (4), Italy (5), Monaco (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (4)
Total: 18 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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