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Falcipennis canadensis (spruce grouse)
Taxonomy
Tetrao canadensis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Canachites canadensis by Wetmore (1962); it was recombined as Dendragapus canadensis by Eshelman and Grady (1986); it was recombined as Falcipennis canadensis by Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Canachites canadensis by Wetmore (1962); it was recombined as Dendragapus canadensis by Eshelman and Grady (1986); it was recombined as Falcipennis canadensis by Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Tetrao canadensis Linnaeus p. 159 |
| 1962 | Canachites canadensis Wetmore p. 7 |
| 1986 | Dendragapus canadensis Eshelman and Grady |
| 2017 | Falcipennis canadensis Clements et al. |
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Falcipennis canadensis Linnaeus 1758 [spruce grouse]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order | |||||
| References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Falcipennis canadensis (152653) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Canachites canadensis (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Canachites canadensis (82258 103991) Dendragapus canadensis (104697) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Dendragapus canadensis (104035) |