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Coturnix coturnix (common quail)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetrao coturnix Linnaeus
1927Coturnix coturnix Boule and De Villeneuve p. 86
1974Scolopax ghardalamensi Fischer and Stephan
1988Coturnix coturnix Weesie p. 24 figs. Pl 2, fig 21
1997Coturnix coturnix Seguí et al. p. 228
1998Coturnix coturnix Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 58
2002Coturnix coturnix Mlikovsky p. 156
2006Coturnix coturnix Crowe et al. p. 527
2017Coturnix coturnix Clements et al.
2018Coturnix coturnix Carrera et al. p. 148 figs. Pl 1, fig 1

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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()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Avialae
Ornithothoraces
OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusCoturnixBonnaterre 1791
speciescoturnix()

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.

Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 [common quail]
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Invalid names: Scolopax ghardalamensi Fischer and Stephan 1974 [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: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) Coturnix coturnix (35457)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Coturnix coturnix (34870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Coturnix coturnix (34128)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) Coturnix coturnix (221564 221570)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Coturnix coturnix (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Coturnix coturnix (35047)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Coturnix coturnix (197786)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Coturnix coturnix (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Coturnix coturnix (51552 51553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Coturnix coturnix (197769 197772 197773 197787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Coturnix coturnix (125437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Coturnix coturnix (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Coturnix coturnix (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Coturnix coturnix (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan Coturnix coturnix (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Coturnix coturnix (194807)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Coturnix coturnix (192950)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Coturnix coturnix (194935 199942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Coturnix coturnix (215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Coturnix coturnix (194808)