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Tetrao
Taxonomy
Tetrao was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Tetraonidae by Crowe et al. (2006); and to Phasianidae by Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Tetraonidae by Crowe et al. (2006); and to Phasianidae by Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Tetrao Linnaeus |
| 2002 | Tetrao Mlikovsky p. 167 |
| 2006 | Tetrao Crowe et al. p. 527 |
| 2017 | Tetrao Clements et al. |
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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. Tetrao Linnaeus 1758
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†Tetrao conjugens Jánossy 1974
†Tetrao macropus Jánossy 1967
†Tetrao praeurogallus Jánossy 1969
†Tetrao rhodopensis Boev 1998
Tetrao urogalloides Middendorff 1853 [black-billed capercaillie]
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Invalid names: Tetrao parvirostris Bonaparte 1856 [synonym]
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 [western capercaillie]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ruscinian - Villafranchian | Hungary (Barany) | T. macropus (35354) | |
| Villafranchian | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | T. conjugens (35358) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | T. urogallus (125464) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | T. urogallus (125088) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | T. urogallus (197769 197771 197787 197788) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | T. urogallus (194807) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Romania | T. urogallus (197946 197947) | |
| Holocene | Finland | T. sp., T. urogallus (209134 209148) T. urogallus (209130 209132 209146 209149 209151 209154 209160 209162 209163) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | T. parvirostris (194810) |