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Falcipennis

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy

Falcipennis was named by Elliot (1864). It is extant.

It was assigned to Phasianidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Species

F. canadensis

Synonyms

Canace was named by Reichenbach (1852). It is extant.

It was replaced with Canachites by Clements et al. (2017).
Canachites was named by Stejneger (1885). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Falcipennis by Clements et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Tetraonidae by Wetmore (1962); and to Tetraoninae by Peterson (1999).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1852	Canace Reichenbach
1864	Falcipennis Elliot
1885	Canachites Stejneger fig. 410
1962	Canachites Wetmore p. 7
1999	Canachites Peterson
2017	Falcipennis 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
—	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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	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	Falcipennis	Elliot 1864

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. Falcipennis Elliot 1864

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Falcipennis canadensis Linnaeus 1758 [spruce grouse]

Invalid names: Canachites Stejneger 1885 [synonym]

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: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (Colorado)	F. canadensis (152653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Virginia)	Canachites canadensis (82258 103991) Dendragapus canadensis (104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Georgia)	Canachites canadensis (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene	0.129 - 0.0	USA (Virginia)	Dendragapus canadensis (104035)