Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Full reference: J. C. Rando, J. A. Alcover, H. Pieper, S. L. Olson, C. N. Hernández and L. F. López-Jurado. 2020. Unforeseen diversity of quails (Galliformes: Phasianidae: Coturnix) in oceanic islands provided by the fossil record of Macaronesia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188:1296-1317
Belongs to Coturnix according to J. C. Rando et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Coturnix alabrevis, Coturnix coturnix, Coturnix gomerae, Coturnix japonica, Coturnix lignorum, Coturnix longipes, Coturnix novaezelandiae, Coturnix pectoralis, Palaeoperdix sansaniensis, Palaeoperdix keltica
Type specimen: ULPGC-A21, a set of limb elements (left tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Monte Verde, São Vicente Island, which is in a Holocene fissure fill siliciclastic in Cape Verde.
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Verde, São Vicente Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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