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Cyrtonyx

Reptilia - Theropoda - Odontophoridae

Taxonomy
Cyrtonyx was named by Gould (1844). It is extant.

It was assigned to Odontophorinae by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Phasianidae by Mead et al. (1984); and to Odontophoridae by Wang et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Cyrtonyx Gould
1940Cyrtonyx Wetmore p. 46
1956Cyrtonyx Wetmore p. 55
1984Cyrtonyx Mead et al. p. 261
2013Cyrtonyx Wang et al.
2017Cyrtonyx Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyOdontophoridae
genusCyrtonyxGould 1844

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. Cyrtonyx Gould 1844
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†Cyrtonyx cooki Wetmore 1934
Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors 1830 [Montezuma quail]
Cyrtonyx ocellatus Gould 1837 [ocellated quail]
†Cyrtonyx tedfordi Miller 1952 [quail]
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:19
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Livezey 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Holocene or 16.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) C. cooki (18001)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) C. tedfordi (74792)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) C. montezumae (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) C. montezumae (93374)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) C. ocellatus (195047)