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Perdix (partridge)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Perdix was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant.

It was assigned to Perdicinae by Crowe et al. (2006); and to Phasianidae by Mlikovsky (2002), Wang et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Perdix Brisson
2002Perdix Mlikovsky p. 166
2006Perdix Crowe et al. p. 527
2013Perdix Wang et al.
2017Perdix 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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—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
genusPerdixBrisson 1760

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. Perdix Brisson 1760 [partridge]
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†Perdix palaeoperdix Mourer-Chauviré 1975
Perdix perdix Linnaeus 1758 [grey partridge]
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Invalid names: Alectoris sutcliffei Harrison 1980 [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 Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Perdix perdix (125445)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Perdix palaeoperdix (34870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Perdix palaeoperdix (197789 197790)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Perdix perdix (35078)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Roma) Perdix perdix (44090)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Perdix perdix (35045)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Perdix sp. (197786)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Perdix perdix (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Perdix perdix (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Perdix perdix (194933 197769 197787 197788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Alectoris sutcliffei (93837) Perdix perdix (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Perdix perdix (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Perdix perdix (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan Perdix perdix (193356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Perdix perdix (194807)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Perdix perdix (197946 197948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Guadelejara) Perdix perdix (191878)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Romania Perdix perdix (197949)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Alectoris sutcliffei (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Perdix perdix (195041)