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Tympanuchus phasianellus (sharp-tailed grouse)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Tetrao phasianellus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Pediocaetes.

It was recombined as Pediocaetes phasianellus by Hay (1902), Shufeldt (1915) and Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Pedioecetes phasianellus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1956) and Wetmore (1962); it was recombined as Tympanuchus phasianellus by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetrao phasianellus Linnaeus p. 160
1902Pediocaetes phasianellus Hay p. 534
1915Pediocaetes phasianellus Shufeldt p. 25
1930Pedioecetes phasianellus Hay p. 326
1940Pediocaetes phasianellus Wetmore p. 44
1956Pedioecetes phasianellus Wetmore p. 53
1962Pedioecetes phasianellus Wetmore p. 8
2017Tympanuchus phasianellus 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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusTympanuchusGloger 1841
speciesphasianellus()

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.

Tympanuchus phasianellus Linnaeus 1758 [sharp-tailed grouse]
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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: 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: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Tympanuchus phasianellus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Pedioecetes phasianellus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Pedioecetes phasianellus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pedioecetes phasianellus (82258 103991)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Tympanuchus phasianellus (228921)