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Pavo (peafowl)

Osteichthyes - Phasianidae

Taxonomy

Pavo was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pavonini by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Phasianidae by Weesie (1982), Mlikovsky (2002), Wang et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017).

Species

P. archiaci (syn. Gallus aesculapi), P. cristatus, P. moldavicus, P. muticus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Pavo Linnaeus
1982	Pavo Weesie
2002	Pavo Mlikovsky p. 163
2013	Pavo Wang et al.
2014	Pavo del Hoyo et al.
2017	Pavo Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Avialae
—	Ornithothoraces
—	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae
—	Carinatae	Merrem 1813
suborder	Galliformes	(Temminck 1820)
family	Phasianidae	Horsfield 1821
genus	Pavo	Linnaeus 1758

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pavo Linnaeus 1758 [peafowl]

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†Pavo archiaci Gaudry 1862

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Invalid names: Gallus aesculapi Gaudry 1861 [synonym]

Pavo cristatus Linnaeus 1758 [Indian peafowl]

†Pavo moldavicus Bocheński and Kuročkin 1987

Pavo muticus Linnaeus 1766 [green peafowl]

Pavo muticus muticus Linnaeus 1766

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

volantf

Diet:

granivoref

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 16:53:00

Modified:

2009-01-03 18:53:00

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Moldova	Gallus aesculapi (60271)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Ukraine (Odessa)	Gallus aesculapi (75794)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Greece (Euboea)	Pavo archiaci (195435)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Greece (Attiki)	Pavo archiaci (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Greece (Attica)	Phasianus archiaci (182754 202630)
MN 15 - MN 16	4.16 - 2.245	Ukraine	Gallus aesculapi (50943)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Indonesia (Jawa Timur)	Pavo muticus (77490)