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Turnix varius (painted buttonquail)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Turnicidae

Taxonomy
Perdix varia was named by Lathum (1802). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turnix varia by Balouet and Olson (1989), Baird (1992), Baird (1993); it was recombined as Turnix varius by Clements et al. (2017).

Subspecies
T. novaecaledoniae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Perdix varia Lathum
1989Turnix varia Balouet and Olson p. 11 fig. 5
1992Turnix varia Baird p. 26
1993Turnix varia Baird p. 386
2017Turnix varius Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyTurnicidaeGray 1840
genusTurnixBonnaterre 1791
speciesvarius(Lathum 1802)

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.

Turnix varius Lathum 1802 [painted buttonquail]
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Turnix varius novaecaledoniae Ogilvie-Grant 1889 [New Caledonian buttonquail]
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Turnix varia (28298)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Turnix varia (28364)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Turnix varia (194980)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Turnix varia (181314)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Turnix varia (23115)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Turnix varia (138410)